Psalms 31:11

I have become the scorn of my neighbors, And the terror of my acquaintance; They who see me abroad flee from me.

Noyes 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 wasted with sorrow, And my years with sighing; My strength faileth by reason of my affliction, And my bones are consumed on account of all my enemies.

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

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Cross References

Job 19:13My brethren he hath put far from me, And my acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

Psalms 38:11My friends and acquaintance keep aloof from my woe, And my kinsmen stand afar off:

Psalms 64:8Thus their own tongues shall bring them down; All who see them will flee away.

Psalms 88:8Thou hast put mine acquaintances far from me, Yea, thou hast made me their abhorrence: I am shut up, and cannot go forth.

Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord! the reproach of thy servants, How I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many nations,

Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows, and acquainted with disease; As 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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