Psalms 38 · Verse 11

Psalms 38:11

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 38:11, King James Version

Psalms 38:11 in other translations

BSBMy beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
WEBMy lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
ASVMy lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
YLTMy lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.
DARBYMy lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
BBEMy lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
WebsterMy lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

What does Psalms 38:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 38:11-12
11-12. Friends desert, but foes increase in malignity.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 neighbors, 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 38:1-11

Nothing will disquiet the heart of a good man so much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet, is to keep ourselves in the love of God. But a sense of guilt is too heavy to bear; and would sink men into despair and ruin, unless removed by the pardoning mercy of God. If there were not sin in our souls, there would be no pain in our bones, no illness in our bodies. The guilt of sin is a burden to…

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Psalms 38:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֹֽהֲבַ֨י\׀'o.ha.Vaifriends myH157
וְרֵעַ֗יve.re.'Aiand companions myH7453
מִנֶּ֣גֶדmi.Ne.gedfrom beforeH5048
נִגְעִ֣יnig.'Iplague myH5061
יַעֲמֹ֑דוּya.'a.Mo.duthey standH5975
וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗יuk.ro.Vaiand kinsmen myH7138
מֵרָחֹ֥קme.ra.Chokfrom a distanceH7350
עָמָֽדוּ\׃'a.Ma.duthey have stoodH5975

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Cross references for Psalms 38:11

  • Psalms 31:11

    I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

  • Luke 23:49

    And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

  • Job 19:13-17

    He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. …

  • John 16:32

    Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

  • Psalms 88:18

    Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

  • Luke 22:54

    Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.

  • Luke 10:31-32

    And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

  • Job 6:21-23

    For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

  • Matthew 26:56

    But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

  • Isaiah 53:4

    Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

  • Isaiah 53:8

    He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
lovers.
31:11; Job 6:21-23; 19:13-17; Mt 26:56; Joh 16:32
stand.
Lu 10:31,32
sore. Heb. stroke. kinsmen. or, neighbours. afar off.
Lu 22:54; 23:49

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Context

  • Psalms 38:10

    My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

  • Psalms 38:11

    My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

  • Psalms 38:12

    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.

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Psalms 38:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mis amigos y mis compañeros se quitaron de delante de mi plaga; y mis cercanos se pusieron lejos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mon cœur bat fort, ma force m’a abandonné, et la lumière de mes yeux aussi n’est plus avec moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Meine Lieben und meine Genossen stehen fernab von meiner Plage, und meine Verwandten stehen von ferne.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		amove a me plagas tuas.