Psalms 31:11
Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without — fled from me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.
Cross References
Job 19:13My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
Psalms 38:11My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.
Psalms 64:8And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
Psalms 88:8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up — I go not forth.
Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
Isaiah 53:3He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is 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 →