Psalms 38:12

My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off :

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

In Context

11My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.

13And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 17:1And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.

Psalms 35:4Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise against me.

Psalms 41:5I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me : heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

Psalms 62:3For he is my God and my saviour: he is my protector, I shall be moved no more.

Psalms 69:9I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:2-12

Sorrowful Complaints. 1 O Lord , rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7… Read the whole commentary →

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