Psalm 38:11
“My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 38Meaning
Friends and companions stand far from the affliction, and relatives keep their distance, adding social abandonment to physical pain.
Longing, isolation, and restrained speech
Verses 9–14 place desire and groaning before God while friends stand far off and enemies plot; the sufferer refuses to answer in kind.
Read carefully
Friends and companions stand far from the affliction, and relatives keep their distance, adding social abandonment to physical pain.
Reflection
Friends and companions stand far from the affliction, and relatives keep their distance, adding social abandonment to physical pain.