Psalms 38:11

sore. stroke. Used of. leprous stroke.

kinsmen. neighbours.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 38:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My lovers - See the notes at Psalms 31:11 . The reference here is to those who professed to be his friends. And my friends - The word used h...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my (i) kinsmen stand afar off. (i) Partly for fear and partly for pride, they denied all duty...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXXVIII. A Penitential Psalm. After a short prayer for pity (verbally identical with Psalms 6:2 ), the poet describes his bodily and mental pains,...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11 My friends and my companions stand away from my sore Here David enumerates other circumstances to show the aggravated character of his mi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. My lovers - Those who professed much affection for me; my friends,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore - literal...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. may be compared with Psalms 6 . It is the prayer of one who, like Job, is in great bodily suffering ( Psalms 38:1-10 ), and is also deserte...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Sore is rather stroke, as in margin, or plague. His friends, looking on him as “one smitten of God,” and thinking “he must be wicked to deserve...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 38:1-22 THIS is a long-drawn wail. passionate at first, but gradually calming itself into submission and trust, though never passing from t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cry of the Needy Penitent Psalms 38:1-22 A long drawn-out sigh of pain. Some think it should be classed with Psalms 32:1-11 ; Psalms 51:1...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the third of what are known as the penitential psalms. The circumstances of the singer were most distressing. He was suffering from some terr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Look at the cross, and behold Jesus's relations and disciples indeed standing afar off. Angels might well have done the same, for none but the arm of...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore ,.... As if it was a plague sore, lest they should be infected with it; or because they could not...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. Ver. 11. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore ] Heb...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My lovers and friends stand aloof Either through neglect and contempt, or disdain of me. They that seek my life lay snares for me That if my affl...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sorrowful Complaints. A psalm of David to bring to remembrance. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either through neglect, and contempt, or disdain of me; or through delicacy and abhorrency from loathsome and sadding spectacles; or through fear of...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2). He Looks to His Sovereign Lord Amidst Even the Desertion of His Friends and Loved Ones ( Psalms 38:9-14 ). Up to this point the Psalmist's emp...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This is a psalm of David to call to remembrance his past life, and, no doubt, has especial reference to his sin with Bathsheba. It call...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Remember, although this is a very sorrowful Psalm, it was written by a man of God. It will show you what a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

I am going to read two portions of Scripture. In the first, the 38 th Psalm, we shall hear a suffering servant of Jehovah crying out to his God. Ps...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In Psalms 38:19-20 , David intimates that he was hated wrongfully, because he followed good. This psalm was composed under some new outbreaking of S...
The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord, rebuke me not in Thy wrath: neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure. Great personal affliction I. Elements of aggravation. 1. A dr...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is the third of the penitential psalms, and is appropriately recited by the Church on Ash Wednesday. Of all the penitential ps...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for Relief from a Burden of Guilt. A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance, to remind God of His great mercy toward poor sinners, the hym...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My lovers and my friends, those whose acquaintance and friendship he valued, stand aloof from my sore, on account of the stroke, or plague, which t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 19:13-17 ; Job 6:21-23 ; John 16:32 ; Luke 10:31 ; Luke 10:32 ; Luke 22:54 ; Luke 23:49 ; Matthew 26:56 ; Psalms 31:11

¹¹ My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore;d and my kinsmen stand afar off.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 38:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 38:11