Psalms 31:11
9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
10 For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, a horror to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
- ASV
- Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.
- DARBY
- More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.
- BLB
- Among all my enemies I am an object of scorn, even to my neighbors, and a source of dread, exceedingly to those who know me; those seeing me in the street flee from me!
- ÅB
- For alle fiendenes skyld er jeg blitt til stor spott
for naboene mine,
og til en skrekk for dem som kjenner meg.
De som ser meg på gaten, flykter for meg. - OTB
- På grunn av alle mine motstandere har jeg blitt til skam,
Særlig for mine naboer,
Og en skrekk for mine bekjente;
De som ser meg på gaten flykter fra meg. - B1930
- For alle mine fienders skyld er jeg blitt til stor spott for mine naboer og til en skrekk for mine kjenninger; de som ser mig på gaten, flyr for mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 38:11
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Read in contextPsalms 88:8
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
Read in contextMatthew 26:56
But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
Read in contextPsalms 88:18
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Read in contextPsalms 41:8–9
“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
Read in contextPsalms 69:19–20
You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
Read in contextJob 19:13–14
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:3–5
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
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