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My lovers - See the notes at (Psalms 31:11). The reference here is to those who professed to be his friends.
And my fr…

Sore is rather stroke, as in margin, or plague. His friends, looking on him as “one smitten of God,” and thinkin…

As for the sight of my eyes, it also is gone from me. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

My friends and my companions stand away from my sore. Here David lists other circumstances to show the severe nature of his misery, so tha…

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore
As if it was a plague sore, lest they should be infected with it; …

Nothing will trouble the heart of a good person as much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet is to keep ourselves in the lo…

1. Previously, the psalmist pleaded for divine help: judge, O
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes