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Verse Psalms 39:11. _WHEN THOU WITH REBUKES DOST CORRECT MAN_]
תוכחות _tochachoth_ signifies a _vindication of proceedings in a
court of_ _law_, a _legal defence_. When God comes to maintain the
cred...
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WHEN THOU WITH REBUKES - The word here rendered “rebukes” means
properly:
(a) proof or demonstration;
(b) confutation or contradiction;
(c) reproof or admonition by words;
(d) reproof by correctio...
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Psalms 39
Deep Soul Exercise in View of Man's Frailty and Nothingness
_ 1. The vanity of life (Psalms 39:1)_
2. Self-judgment and prayer (Psalms 39:7)
This Psalm is connected closely with the prec...
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XXXIX. PRAYER OF A PIOUS ISRAELITE IN DISTRESS.
Psalms 39:3. The poet, afflicted though he is, is silent in presence
of the wicked, lest they should impugn or ridicule God's righteous
government of t...
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MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. See note on "moth", below.
MOTH. Hebrew. _'ash._ Forming the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_
(App-6), connecting man (' _ish)_ with. moth (_'ash_).
SELAH. Connecting huma...
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Petition for relief (10, 11) and respite (12, 13)....
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When thou with rebukes dost chasten a man for iniquity,
Thou wastest like a moth his desirableness:
Nought but vanity are all men.
The A.V. obscures the correspondence of the first line with Psalms...
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LIKE A MOTH— i.e. "As a moth consumes a garment." The Chaldee
paraphrase has it, _like a moth broken asunder;_ but the phrase is
more properly applied to the moth's consuming other things, and not to...
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PSALMS 39
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Lament and Prayer of a Divinely Stricken One.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 39:1-3, How the Stricken One's Resolve to be Silent
is Broken. Stanza II., Psalms 39:4-6, La...
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_WHEN THOU WITH REBUKES DOST CORRECT MAN FOR INIQUITY, THOU MAKEST HIS
BEAUTY TO CONSUME AWAY LIKE A MOTH: SURELY EVERY MAN IS VANITY.
SELAH._
When thou with rebukes dost correct man. God's word of '...
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39:11 away (d-17) Lit. 'melt.'...
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This is a Ps. of great pathos and beauty. The writer's sore sickness,
accepted as the punishment of sin (Psalms 39:9), has impressed him
with the frailty and vanity of human life. He refrains at first...
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This is another v. summing up the philosophy of the Ps. MAKEST HIS
BEAUTY, etc.] RM 'consumest like a moth his delights': see Isaiah
50:7; Matthew 6:19....
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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WHEN. — This is unnecessary. _With judgments for sin Thou chastenest
a man._
REBUKES. — The word rendered “reproofs” in Psalms 38:14, where
see Note.
BEAUTY. — Literally, _Something desirable._ (See...
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_[Psalms 39:12]_ בְּֽ תֹוכָ֘חֹ֤ות עַל ־עָוֹ֨ן
׀ יִסַּ֬רְתָּ...
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Psalms 39:1
PROTRACTED suffering, recognised as chastisement for sin, had wasted
the psalmist's strength. It had been borne for a while in silence, but
the rush of emotion had burst the floodgates. Th...
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THE FLEETING MEASURE OF OUR DAYS
Psalms 39:1
In the opening verses David describes the circumstances out of which
this psalm arose. The presence and prosperity of the wicked stirred
him to the depths...
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Again the circumstances are sorrow and affliction. The attitude of the
sufferer is true dignity. If the psalm be taken in connection with the
preceding one, it marks an advance, perhaps a gain out of...
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When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou (h) makest
his (i) beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is]
vanity. Selah.
(h) Though your open plagues do not light on the...
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Thy. Some copies of the Septuagint have, my justice, as well as the
Ethiopic version. (Eusebius; St. Augustine, &c.) (Calmet) --- But the
Vulgate is more correct. (Berthier) --- Council. Christ concea...
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I have made no break or interruption in these verses, because the
subject through the whole is one and the same. Under several very
striking and elegant similitudes, the Psalmist in his prayer shows t...
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Psalms 38
_ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 38 AND 39.
Psalms 38 and 39 have, as I have said, a distinct and peculiar
character. The deliverance has been sought and looked for by the
upright, and forgivene...
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WHEN THOU WITH REBUKES DOST CORRECT MAN FOR INIQUITY,.... The psalmist
illustrates his own case, before suggested, by the common case and
condition of men, when God corrects them; which he has a right...
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_When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his
beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity.
Selah._
Ver. 11. _When thou with rebukes dost correct man for...
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_Remove thy stroke away from me_ But though I may not, I will not,
open my mouth to complain, yet I may open it to pray, that thou
wouldest take off the judgment that thou hast inflicted upon me. _I a...
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HIS BEAUTY TO CONSUME AWAY:
_ Heb._ that which is to be desired in him, to melt away...
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7-13 There is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature; but it
is to be found in the Lord, and in communion with him; to him we
should be driven by our disappointments. If the world be nothing...
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WITH REBUKES, i. e. with punishment, which is oft so called. See
PSALMS 6:1, PSALMS 76:6. DOST CORRECT MAN FOR INIQUITY, i. e. dost
punish him as his iniquity deserves. _His beauty_, Heb. _his desire_...
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Psalms 39:11 rebukes H8433 correct H3256 (H8765) man H376 iniquity
H5771 beauty H2530 (H8803) away H4529 ...
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3). HIS SOLUTION LIES IN HOPING IN YHWH AND WALKING RIGHTLY BEFORE
HIM, BEING DELIVERED FROM ALL HIS TRANSGRESSIONS. MEANWHILE THEREFORE
HE PRAYS THAT YHWH WILL RESTORE HIM TO HEALTH, WHILE RECOGNISIN...
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To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. David
dedicated some Psalms to Asaph, and one or two to Jeduthun. Some of
this chief musician's family appear to have remained singers as lat...
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Psalms 39:1. _I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with
my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is
before me._
This is what David said; what he had deliberately...
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This Psalm gives a description of David's experience and conduct when
stretched upon a sick-bed. He appears to have felt impatience working
within him, which I am sorry to say is a very common disease...
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CONTENTS: The psalmist, bowed down with sorrow and sickness, is
burdened with unbelieving thoughts and prays for help.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: We should not feed the fire of discontent b...
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This psalm is inscribed _to Jeduthun,_ leader of one of the choral
bands in the temple. 1 Chronicles 16:41; and bears the name of David.
Psalms 39:5. _Thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth,_ which...
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_I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue;
I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle._
THOUGHT AND PRAYER UNDER TRIAL
I. Thought under trial.
1. Its utterance repress...
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_When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his
beauty to consume away like a moth; surely every man is vanity._
THE SECRET BLASTING OF MEN
These words give an account of two...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:1. This psalm allows those who are
suffering to express their confusion to God. The circumstances of the
suffering are left vague, although there is acknowledgment of sin...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:7 The singer asks God to DELIVER him FROM
ALL his TRANSGRESSIONS, thus admitting that he deserves God’s
REBUKES FOR SIN....
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of
David.” _Jeduthun_ was one of the leaders of the sacred music in the
time of David (1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 25:6...
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EXPOSITION
THE psalmist, vexed and disgusted with life, feeling a desire to
murmur and complain, but aware that his words are watched, and his
wicked enemies ready to make use of them against him, has...
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Psa 39:1-13. Jeduthun was one of David's musicians, as was Asaph.
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I
will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me...
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1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Corinthians 5:5; Hebrews 12:6; Hosea 5:12;...
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Beauty — His comeliness and all his excellencies or felicities. Moth
— As a moth consumeth a garment, to which God compares himself and
his judgments, secretly and insensibly consuming a people, Isaia...