11 My [a](A)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen (B)stand afar off.
12 Those who (C)seek my life (D)lay snares for me;
And those who (E)seek to injure me have [b]threatened destruction,
And they (F)devise treachery all day long.

13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a (G)mute man who does not open his mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:11 Or lovers
  2. Psalm 38:12 Lit spoken