King James Version
psalm 31:11 in the King James Version says “I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that ...” — study this verse from psalm chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
psalm 31:11 · KJV
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
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.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. a broken: Heb. a vessel that perisheth
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
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