Psalms 31:11
(31-12) Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a dread to mine acquaintance; they that see me without flee from me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
12(31-13) I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a useless vessel.
Cross References
Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Psalms 38:11(38-12) My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 64:8(64-9) So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.
Psalms 88:8(88-9) Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Psalms 89:50(89-51) Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples;
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and forsaken of men, a man of pains, and acquainted with disease, and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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 →