Psalms 31:12

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

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I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

In Context

11I 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.

13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

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Cross References

Job 19:14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

Psalms 38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Psalms 89:52Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

Isaiah 30:14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a potsherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water likewise out of the pit.

Romans 9:21Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

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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