“He removed my brothers far from me; my acquaintances are only strangers to me.
Psalm 38:12 - Tree of Life Version My friends and my companions stay away from my wound, and my kinsmen stand far off. 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 removed my brothers far from me; my acquaintances are only strangers to me.
He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in a thicket. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the unfortunate one, dragging him away in his net.
The wicked have set a snare for me, yet I did not stray from Your precepts.
Keep me safe, Adonai, from the clutches of the wicked. Protect me from the man of violence who planned to push me off my feet.
Keep me from the jaws of the trap they have laid for me, and from the snares of the evildoers.
Because of all my adversaries I am the contempt of my neighbors and a dread to my acquaintances. Seeing me on the street, they flee from me.
For they never speak shalom, but devise deceitful words against the quiet ones in the land.
May those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced. May they be turned back and humiliated —those who plot evil against me.
I said: “Adonai, have mercy on me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s children.
You have put my companions far from me. You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and I cannot go out.
All a poor man’s relatives despise him— how much more his friends avoid him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there.