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Psalms 38:11
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My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,and my relatives stand at a distance.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand afar off.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
Because of my wounds, my friends and neighbors avoid me, and my relatives stay far away.
Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my neighbors stand far away.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand far away.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand afar off.
My louers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my kinsmen stand a farre off.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;And my kinsmen stand afar off.
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Because of my sickness, no friends or neighbors will come near me.
My heart is throbbing, my strength is gone, and the light in my eyes has left me.
My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Because of my sickness, my friends and neighbors will not visit me; my family will not come near me.
My neighbors and my friends stood aside from my grief; and my kinsmen stood off.
My friends and neighbors will not come near me, because of my sores; even my family keeps away from me.
My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand afar off.
My lovers and my friends stand apart from my stroke, and my neighbors have stood far off.
My louers & frendes stonde lokynge vpon my trouble, and my kynsmen are gone a farre of.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
My heart fluttereth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
My louers and my friends stand a loofe from my sore: and my kinsmen stand a farre off.
My louers and my neygbours dyd stande on the other syde lokyng vpon my plague: and my kinsmen stoode a farre of.
My friends and my neighbours drew near before me, and stood still; and my nearest of kin stood afar off.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My frendis and my neiyboris neiyiden; and stoden ayens me. And thei that weren bisidis me stoden afer;
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand far off.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
My loved ones and my friends stay away from me because of my sickness. My family stands far away.
My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my neighbors stand far off.
My lovers, and my friends, from before my stroke, stand aloof, - and, my near ones, far away, do stand:
(37-12) My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off:
My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
Contextual Overview
A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.
O Lord , don't rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage! 2 Your arrows have struck deep, and your blows are crushing me. 3 Because of your anger, my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins. 4 My guilt overwhelms me— it is a burden too heavy to bear. 5 My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins. 6 I am bent over and racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief. 7 A raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken. 8 I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart. 9 You know what I long for, Lord; you hear my every sigh. 10 My heart beats wildly, my strength fails, and I am going blind.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
lovers: Psalms 31:11, Job 6:21-23, Job 19:13-17, Matthew 26:56, John 16:32
stand: Luke 10:31, Luke 10:32
sore: Heb. stroke
kinsmen: or, neighbours
afar off: Luke 22:54, Luke 23:49
Reciprocal: Job 6:15 - My brethren Job 19:14 - kinsfolk Psalms 88:18 - Lover Psalms 102:7 - alone Proverbs 19:7 - the brethren Matthew 26:31 - and the Mark 14:33 - and began Mark 14:50 - General Mark 15:40 - women
Cross-References
Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Go back to your parents' home and remain a widow until my son Shelah is old enough to marry you." (But Judah didn't really intend to do this because he was afraid Shelah would also die, like his two brothers.) So Tamar went back to live in her father's home.
Someone told Tamar, "Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father's home as in her youth, she may eat her father's food again. Otherwise, no one outside a priest's family may eat the sacred offerings.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore,.... As if it was a plague sore, lest they should be infected with it; or because they could not bear the stench of his wounds, and the loathsomeness of his disease, or to see him in his agonies, and hear his roaring and his groans, Psalms 38:2; or as taking his case to be desperate, as if he was just dying, and no help could be given him, Psalms 38:10; If it was the leprosy, as some Jewish writers have affirmed, the word נגע, translated "sore", being used for the plague of the leprosy, they were obliged by the ceremonial law to keep at a distance from him: but this rather seems to be voluntary, and to proceed from neglect and contempt. These "lovers" and "friends" were such for whom David had had an affection, and had been friendly to, and therefore it was ungrateful in them to act the part they did; and such who had pretended love and friendship to him in his health and prosperity, but now had deserted him, which is a common case; see Job 19:13. Afflictions try men's friends; and as that is a time when friendly visits are most wanting and most useful, so it is an aggravation of the affliction, and makes it the heavier when such are denied;
and my kinsmen stand afar off; that were near to him by the ties of nature or friendship.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My lovers - See the notes at Psalms 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 properly a stroke, a blow, Deuteronomy 17:8; Deuteronomy 21:5; then a stroke in the sense of calamities or judgments, such as God brings upon men: Genesis 12:17; Exodus 11:1. The meaning here is, that they stand aloof from him, or refuse to come near him, as if he were afflicted with some contagious disease.
And my kinsmen - Margin: “neighbors.” The Hebrew word used here - קרוב qârôb - means properly near, nigh; spoken of a place, Genesis 19:20; then of time, Isaiah 13:6; then of kindred or affinity, Numbers 27:11; and then of friendship, meaning our intimate acquaintance - as we should say, those who are “near” to us, Job 19:14. The word would be applicable to neighbors or to warm personal friends.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 38:11. My 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 neighbours, 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.
