Psalms 38:11
My dear ones and friends keep aloof, and my neighbors stand afar off.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
In Context
10My heart is throbbing, my strength has failed me. The light of my eyes – even it is gone from me.
Cross References
Psalms 31:11The scorn of all my foes, the butt of my neighbors am I, a terror to my acquaintance. At the sight of me in the street people turn quickly away.
Matthew 26:56The whole of this occurred in fulfillment of the prophetic scriptures. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled.
Luke 22:54Those who had taken Jesus prisoner took him away into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.
John 16:32“Listen! A time is coming – indeed it has already come – when you are to be scattered, each going his own way, and to leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
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 →