Psalms 38:13 — Meaning and Application

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.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth {are} no reproofs.

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. {in...: or, thee do I wait for} {hear: or, answer}