Psalms 31:12
I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
In Context
13I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.
Cross References
Job 19:14My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.
Psalms 38:12My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off :
Psalms 89:52Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
Isaiah 30:14And it shall be broken small, as the potter's vessel is broken all to pieces with mighty breaking, and there shall not a sherd be found of the pieces thereof, wherein a little fire may be carried from the hearth, or a, little water be drawn out of the pit.
Romans 9:21Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:10-19
Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord , for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken… Read the whole commentary →