Psalms 38:11

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.
• New International Version (NIV)My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
• 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.

Context of Psalms 38:11

9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. 10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off. 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. 13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Psalms 38:11 word by word

אֹֽהֲבַ֨י׀ וְרֵעַ֗י מִנֶּ֣גֶד נִגְעִ֣י יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗י מֵרָחֹ֥ק עָמָֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 38:11

• Psalms 31:11Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
• Job 6:21For now ye are nothing; ye see a terror, and are afraid.
• Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
• Matthew 26:56But all this is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
• John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
• Luke 10:31And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
• Luke 22:54And they seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed afar off.
• Luke 23:49And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed with him from Galilee, stood afar off, seeing 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

Topics related to Psalms 38:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Conviction
• Selfishness

In the dictionaries

• Afar
• Arrow
• Deceit
• Fret
• Plague
• Bring
• Kinsman; Kinswoman
• Lover
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of

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