Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 39:11

11. When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity , thou makest his beauty to consume away like a m[illegible: 1+ letters]th : surely every man is vanity , Selah.

(i. e.) With Punishment, which are o[illegible: 1+ letters]t s[illegible: 1+ letters] called, See Psal. 6. 1. and 76. 6.

(i. e.) Dost punish him as his iniquity deserves.

Heb. his Desire, (i. e.) His desiderable things, as this Word signifies, Lam. 1. 11. Dan. 9. 23. and 1[illegible: 1+ letters]. 3. 11. 19. His Comeliness, Strength, Wealth and Prosperity, and all his present Excellencies or Felicities.

Either, 1. Passively, as a Moth is quickly and easily crushed to Pieces with a touch; as this Phrase is used, Iob 4. 19. Or, 2. Actively, as a Moth consumeth a Garment, as it is, Iob 13. 28. Isa. 50. 9. to which God Compareth himself and his Judgments, secretly and insensibly consuming a People, Isa. 51. 8. Ho[illegible: 1+ letters]a 5. 12.

And this Confirms what I said, v. 5. That every Man is Vanity. Which though men in the height of their Prosperity will not believe, yet when God Contendeth with them, by his Judgments they are forced to acknowledge it.

Marginal references: Heb. that which is desired in him to [illegible: 1+ letters]elt away▪; Vers. 5.