Psalms 38:11

(38-12) My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

In Context

10(38-11) My heart fluttereth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

12(38-13) They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak crafty devices, and utter deceits all the day.

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Cross References

Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

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.

Isaiah 53:4Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

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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