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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)search for my life (D)lay snares for me;
And those who (E)seek [b]to do me evil have [c]threatened destruction,
And they (F)meditate on deception 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 Or my calamity
  3. Psalm 38:12 Lit spoken

11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(A)
    my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(B)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(C)
    all day long they scheme and lie.(D)

13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,(E)
    like the mute, who cannot speak;

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