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Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
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The Pain of Social Abandonment
Commentators emphasize that David's deepest pain came not just from enemies, but from the betrayal of those closest to him. His neighbors, acquaintances, and even passersby treated him with reproach and fear, fleeing as if he had a contagious disease. Scholars like Spurgeon and Calvin note this abandonment by one's own community is a particularly sharp and isolating form of suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I was a reproach among all my enemies – that is, he was subjected to their reproaches, or was slandered and reviled by them. See th…
19th Century
Anglican
The adverb rendered especially seems out of place. It is therefore better to take it as a noun, in the sense of burden, a sense etymologic…
Baptist
My strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed. I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors,<…
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16th Century
Protestant
I was a reproach by reason of all mine enemies. Others translate this as follows: more than mine enemies. As the Hebrew letter מ,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I was a reproach among all mine enemies This is a common case of the people of God; and though it may be the least o…
David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. In this, he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his affliction…
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