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Psalms 38:11

LonelinessFriendshipSickness and healingShame

9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

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BSB
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
KJV
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
WEB
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
ASV
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
DARBY
My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
BLB
My beloved and my friends stand away from my plague; my neighbors stand far off.
ÅB
Mine venner og fortrolige
holder seg unna plagen min,
og de nærmeste står langt borte.
OTB
Mine kjære og mine venner holder avstand fra min lidelse,
Og mine slektninger står langt borte.
B1930
Mine venner og mine frender holder sig i avstand fra min plage, og mine nærmeste står langt borte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 31:11

    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.

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  • Luke 23:49

    But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.

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  • Job 19:13–17

    He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

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  • John 16:32

    “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

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  • Psalms 88:18

    You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

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  • Luke 22:54

    Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.

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  • Luke 10:31–32

    Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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  • Job 6:21–23

    For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.

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