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Psalms 38:9-12
My loved ones and my friends stand back from my
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me · Psalms 38
Story guide: The sufferer looks toward distant friends as enemies set a trap. Failing eyes look toward distant friends while enemies quietly set traps.
Open this scene in the reader →9Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you.
10My heart reels; my strength has left me, and even the light of my eyes is gone.
11My loved ones and my friends stand back from my affliction, and my close kin stand far away.
12Those who seek my life set traps, and those who seek my harm speak of ruin; all day long they mutter deceit.
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