10 Mine heart [a]panteth: my strength faileth me, and the light of mine eyes, even [b]they are not mine own.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my [c]kinsmen stand afar off.

12 They also that seek after my life, lay snares, and they that go about to do me evil, talk wicked things and imagine deceit continually.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:10 Hebrew, runneth about, or, is tossed to and fro, meaning, that he was destitute of all help and counsel.
  2. Psalm 38:10 My sight faileth me for very sorrow.
  3. Psalm 38:11 Partly for fear and partly for pride, they denied all duty and friendship.

10 My heart pounds,(A) my strength fails(B) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.(C)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(D)
    my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(E)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(F)
    all day long they scheme and lie.(G)

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