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Psalms 31:12
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I am forgotten: gone from memorylike a dead person—like broken pottery.
I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
I am like a piece of a broken pot. I am forgotten as if I were dead.
I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
I am forgotten like a dead person, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
I am forgotten, as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell.
I am forgotten like a dead man—out of mind—I am like a broken vessel.
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
I am completely forgotten like someone dead. I am merely a broken dish.
I am scorned by all my adversaries, and even more by my neighbors; even to acquaintances I am an object of fear — when they see me in the street, they turn away from me.
I am forgotten in [their] heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like something given up for lost.
Everyone has forgotten me, as though I were dead; I am like something thrown away.
I have become forgotten like one dead, out of mind. I am like a destroyed vessel.
I am forgotten like one dead from the heart; I am like a perishing vessel.
My stregth fayleth me because of my aduersite, and my bones are corrupte.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.
Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a dread to mine acquaintance;
I am forgotten as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell.
I became cleane forgotten as a dead man out of minde: I became like a broken vessell.
I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
as a deed man fro herte. I am maad as a lorun vessel;
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
I am ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot.
I am forgotten like a dead man and they do not think about me. I am like a broken pot.
I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
I have been forgotten, like one dead - out of mind, I have been as a missing vessel.
(30-13) I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.
I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.
I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
forgotten: Psalms 88:4, Psalms 88:5, Isaiah 38:11, Isaiah 38:12
a broken vessel: Heb. a vessel that perisheth, Psalms 2:9, Psalms 119:83, Isaiah 30:14, Romans 9:21, Romans 9:22, Revelation 2:27
Reciprocal: Genesis 40:23 - but forgat him Psalms 88:12 - in the land Psalms 143:3 - made me Ecclesiastes 8:10 - they were Jeremiah 22:28 - a despised
Cross-References
You looked through everything I own and found nothing that belongs to you. If you found something, show it to me. Put it here where our men can see it. Let our men decide which one of us is right.
But the God of my ancestors, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, was with me. If God had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing. But he saw the trouble that I had and the work that I did, and last night God proved that I am right."
Laban said to Jacob, "These women are my daughters. These children belong to me, and these animals are mine. Everything you see here belongs to me, but I can do nothing to keep my daughters and their children.
Then the Lord said, "I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptians hurt them. I know about their pain.
I have heard the cries of the Israelites, and I have seen the way the Egyptians have made life hard for them.
"You must not cheat or rob your neighbor. You must not hold a hired worker's salary overnight until morning.
Give him his pay every day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on the money. If you don't pay him, he will complain against you to the Lord , and you will be guilty of sin.
They took advantage of the poor and stole what little they had. But the Lord knows what they did, and he says, "I will rescue those who are poor and helpless, and I will punish those who hurt them."
You know where I go and where I lie down. You know everything I do.
In some country you will see poor people who are forced to work very hard. You will see that this is not fair to them. It is against their rights. But don't be surprised! The ruler who forces them to work has another ruler who forces him. And there is still another ruler who forces both of these rulers.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind,.... Either by his friends, being out of sight, out of mind; as even the nearest relations and acquaintance are, in process of time, when dead, Ecclesiastes 9:5; or by the Lord; which shows the weakness of his faith, the uncomfortable frame he was in, through darkness and desertion; see Psalms 88:5;
I am like a broken vessel; or a "perishing vessel" c; or "a vessel of perdition" d: the Septuagint version renders it "a lost vessel" e; one entirely useless, wholly lost, and irrecoverably so; like a broken vessel, which can never be put together again, Isaiah 30:14; a most sad apprehension he had of himself, as if his case was desperate, and he a vessel of wrath; compare with this, Romans 9:22.
c ×××× ××× "sicut vas periens", Montanus, Cocceius, Gejerus. d So Ainsworth. e V. L. Pagninus, Musculus, Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind - Like the man who is dead, and who has passed away from the recollection of mankind. Compare Psalms 88:4-5. The Hebrew is, âas a dead man from the heart;â that is, from the memory or recollection of men, so as to be no more remembered; no more regarded. The expression is nearly the same in meaning as our common English proverb: âout of sight, out of mind.â The allusion is to the fact that a man who is dead is soon forgotten. He is missed at first by a few friends, while the rest of the world knows little about him, or cares little for him. He is no longer seen where he has been accustomed to be seen, at the place of business, in the social circle, in the scenes of amusement, in the streets, or in public assemblies. For a short period a vacancy is created which attracts attention and causes regret. But the world moves on. Another comes to fill his place, and soon his absence ceases to be a subject of remark, or a cause of regret; the world says little about him, and soon he altogether ceases to be remembered. At no distant time the rude board with his name written on it, or the marble sculptured with all the skill of art, falls down. The passing traveler casts an eye upon the ânameâ of him who slept his last sleep there, and neither knows nor cares who he was.
âThe gay will laugh
When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care
Plod on, and each one as before will chase
His favorite phantomâ
- Bryant
âOn my grassy grave
The men of future times will careless tread,
And read my name upon the sculptured stone;
Nor will the sound, familiar to their ears,
Recall my vanishâd memory.â
- Henry Kirke White
It is sad to reflect that this is to be our lot; but so it is. It would cast a most gloomy shade over life if this was to be the end of man, and if he passed from existence as soon as he passes from the recollection of the living. The idea of the psalmist here is, that, in the circumstances to which he referred, he had been forgotten by mankind, and he uses the most striking image which could be employed to convey that idea.
I am like a broken vessel - Margin, as in Hebrew, âlike a vessel that perisheth.â That is, like a vessel made of clay - a piece of pottery - that is easily broken and rendered worthless. This is a favorite comparison with Jeremiah. See Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 48:38; Lamentations 4:2. Compare also Psalms 2:9; Isaiah 30:14; Hosea 8:8.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 31:12. I am forgotten as a dead man — I am considered as a person adjudged to death. I am like a broken vessel - like a thing totally useless.
