Psalms 31:11

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

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Cross References

Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

Psalms 88:8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, 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 →

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