The “dogs” are all around me.\par That pack {\cf2\super [128]} of evil people\par has trapped me.\par Like a lion, \{they have pierced\}\par my hands and my feet.” {\cf2\super [129]} \par
Psalm 38:11 - Easy To Read Version Because of my sickness,\par my friends and neighbors\par will not visit me.\par My family will not come near me.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; And my kinsmen stand afar off. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors and my near ones stand afar off. [Luke 23:49.] American Standard Version (1901) My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. Common English Bible My loved ones and friends keep their distance from me in my sickness; those who were near me now stay far away. Catholic Public Domain Version Remove your scourges from me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes: |
The “dogs” are all around me.\par That pack {\cf2\super [128]} of evil people\par has trapped me.\par Like a lion, \{they have pierced\}\par my hands and my feet.” {\cf2\super [129]} \par
My enemies hate me.\par And all my neighbors hate me, too.\par All my relatives see me in the street.\par They are afraid of me and avoid me.\par
And Lord, you forced all my friends\par and loved ones to leave me.\par Only darkness stayed to be with me.\par
But he took our troubles and made them his. He bore our pain, and we thought God was punishing him. We thought God beat him \{for something he did\}.
Men used force and took him—and they did not judge him fairly. No person can tell about his future family, because he was taken from the land of living people. He was punished to pay for the sins of my people.
But all these things have happened so that it will be like the prophets {\cf2\super [412]} wrote.” Then all of Jesus’ followers left him and ran away.
They arrested Jesus and took him away. They brought Jesus into the house of the high priest. {\cf2\super [364]} Peter followed them, but he did not come near Jesus.
The people who were close friends of Jesus were there. Also, there were some women that had followed Jesus from Galilee. They all stood far away from the cross and watched these things.
Listen to me. A time is coming when you will be scattered. Each of you will be scattered to his own home. That time is now here. You will leave me. I will be alone. But I am never really alone, because the Father is with me.