Psalms 38:11 · KJV
“My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. {sore: Heb. stroke} {my kinsmen: or, my neighbours}”
— Psalms 38:11
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. {is gone...: Heb. is not with me}
They 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 38 — Context
Lord, all my desire {is} before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. {is gone...: Heb. is not with me}
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. {sore: Heb. stroke} {my kinsmen: or, my neighbours}
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}, heard not; and {I was} as a dumb man {that} openeth not his mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 31:11
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.
Luke 23:49
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
Job 19:13-17
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
John 16:32
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now 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. {his own: or, his own home}
Luke 22:54
Then took they him, and led {him}, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
Psalms 88:18
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, {and} mine acquaintance into darkness.
Luke 10:31-32
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Job 6:21-23
For now ye are nothing; ye see {my} casting down, and are afraid. {ye are...: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it} {nothing: Heb. not}