Thematic Bible
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Being Forsaken by friends » Instances of » David
Because of all my adversaries I have become a disgrace, especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. [Those who] see me in the street flee from me. I have become forgotten like [one] dead, out of {mind}. I am like a destroyed vessel.
Even {my close friend}, whom I trusted, [who] ate my bread, has lifted [his] heel against me.
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You have removed my acquaintances far from me. You have made me detestable to them. [I am] confined and cannot go out.
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You have removed loved one and friend far from me, my acquaintances [far from my] darkness.
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Friends » False friends » David's friends were false to david
For [it is] not an enemy [that] taunts me, or I could bear [it]. [It is not] one who hates me [that] magnifies himself over me, or I could hide myself from him. But [it is] you, a man my equal, my friend and confidant. [We] who would take sweet counsel together; in the house of God we would walk with [the] throng.
Even {my close friend}, whom I trusted, [who] ate my bread, has lifted [his] heel against me.
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You have removed my acquaintances far from me. You have made me detestable to them. [I am] confined and cannot go out.
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You have removed loved one and friend far from me, my acquaintances [far from my] darkness.
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Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know. They repay me evil in place of good. [It is] bereavement to my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}. read more.
I {behaved} as [though he were] a friend [or] as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down [in] mourning. But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease. Among [the] ungodly of the mockers at feasts, [they] gnashed at me with their teeth.
I {behaved} as [though he were] a friend [or] as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down [in] mourning. But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease. Among [the] ungodly of the mockers at feasts, [they] gnashed at me with their teeth.
He has put forth his hands against {his friends}; he has defiled his covenant. The {buttery words} of his mouth were smooth, but [there was] battle in his heart. His words were smoother than oil, but they [were] drawn swords.