Psalms 38:11

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 is restless, my strength hath left me; and the light of my eyes—that also is no more with me.

12(38:13) They also that seek after my life lay snares; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the day long.

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Cross References

Job 19:13My brothers hath he removed far from me, and my acquaintance are entirely estranged from me.

Psalms 31:11(31:12) Because of all my assailants am I become a reproach, and unto my neighbors greatly so, and a terror to my acquaintance, those that see me abroad flee away from me.

Isaiah 53:4But only our diseases did he bear himself, and our pains he carried: while we indeed esteemed 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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