He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
Psalm 38:12 - King James 2000 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and plan deceit all the day long. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They also that seek and demand my life lay snares for me, and they that seek and require my hurt speak crafty and mischievous things; they meditate treachery and deceit all the day long. American Standard Version (1901) They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long. Common English Bible Those who want me dead lay traps; those who want me harmed utter threats, muttering lies all day long. Catholic Public Domain Version I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted. |
He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I strayed not from your precepts.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity.
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me.
My eye mourns by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon you, I have stretched out my hands unto you.
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words, yet they are nothing to him.