Psalm 31:12
“I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 31Meaning
The speaker feels forgotten like the dead and like a broken vessel; the metaphor validates profound abandonment without defining a person’s actual worth.
Grief, rejection and threat
Verses 9–13 name bodily grief, failing strength, social shame, abandonment, slander, fear and plots against the speaker’s life.
Read carefully
The speaker feels forgotten like the dead and like a broken vessel; the metaphor validates profound abandonment without defining a person’s actual worth.
Reflection
The speaker feels forgotten like the dead and like a broken vessel; the metaphor validates profound abandonment without defining a person’s actual worth.