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Psalms 38:11
11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
Psalms 38:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands at a distance.
Context of Psalms 38:11
9All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. 10My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes. My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away. 12Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie. 13I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;
Read all of Psalms 38Psalms 38:11 word by word
אֹֽהֲבַ֨י׀ וְרֵעַ֗י מִנֶּ֣גֶד נִגְעִ֣י יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗י מֵרָחֹ֥ק עָמָֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 38:11
- Psalms 31:11Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends— those who see me on the street flee from me.
- Job 6:21Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
- Job 19:13“He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
- Matthew 26:56But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.
- John 16:32“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.
- Luke 10:31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
- Luke 22:54Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.
- Luke 23:49But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
Commentaries on Psalms 38:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11My lovers - Those who professed much affection for me; my friends, רעי reai, my companions, who never before left my company, stand aloof. My kinsmen - קרובי kerobai, my neighbors, stand afar off. I am deserted by all, and they stand off because of נגעי nigi, my plague. They considered me as suffering under a Divine judgment; and, thinking me an accursed being, they avoided me lest they should be infected by my disease.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11My lovers - See the notes at Psalm 31:11. The reference here is to those who professed to be his friends. And my friends - The word used here means properly an acquaintance, a companion, a friend, Job 2:11; Job 19:21; then, a lover, a friend, a neighbor. The phrase here would be synonymous with our word “kinsmen.” Stand aloof - They are unwilling to come near me; they leave me to suffer alone. From my sore - Margin: “stroke.” The Hebrew word means…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-12The psalmist wants to reconnect with God but feels distant. He feels lost and alone as his friends leave him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. Friends desert, but foes increase in malignity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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