Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 38:11 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Lord, all my desire {is} before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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}
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. {sore: Heb. stroke} {my kinsmen: or, my neighbours}
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.
But I, as a deaf {man}, heard not; and {I was} as a dumb man {that} openeth not his mouth.
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