11 My lovers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my [a]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.

13 But I as a [b]deaf man heard not, and am as a dumb man, which openeth not his mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:11 Partly for fear and partly for pride, they denied all duty and friendship.
  2. Psalm 38:13 For I can have no audience before men, and therefore patiently wait for the help of God.

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