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11 My heart throbs, and my strength is spent;
    even the light has faded from my eyes.
12 My friends and companions stay away from my affliction,
    and my neighbors keep their distance.
13 Those who seek my life set traps;
    those who wish me harm threaten violence
    and plot treachery all day long.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:13 This passage recalls the fourth Song of the Servant (Isa 53:4, 7; see also Pss 31:11; 35:20; 37:32; 88:9; Job 12:4f; 19:13f).