# Psalms 39.11

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it. 10. Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
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> **11. 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**
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> 12. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were. 13. Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more. (Psalms 39:9-13, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 9. I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it. 10. Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
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> **11. When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” <i>Selah.</i>**
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> 12. “Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were. 13. Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more.” (Psalms 39:9-13, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 10. Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. <sup>blow: Heb. conflict</sup>
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> **11. 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. <sup>his: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away</sup>**
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> 12. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 13. O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. (Psalms 39:9-13, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 9. I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou, Thou hast done [it]. 10. Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.
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> **11. With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity [is] every man. Selah.**
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> 12. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [am] with Thee, A settler like all my fathers. 13. Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not! (Psalms 39:9-13, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H0120 - adam](/codex/h0120-adam/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.