My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. {sore: Heb. stroke} {my kinsmen: or, my neighbours}

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: {I am} shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, {and} mine acquaintance into darkness.

And they that had laid hold on Jesus led {him} away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were {our} faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. {we hid...: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us}

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, {and} his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, {and} the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. {whom man...: or, that is despised in soul}

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

An evil disease, {say they}, cleaveth fast unto him: and {now} that he lieth he shall rise up no more. {An...: Heb. A thing of Belial}

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries {are} all before thee.

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against {their} parents, and cause them to be put to death.

For now ye are nothing; ye see {my} casting down, and are afraid. {ye are...: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it} {nothing: Heb. not}

But I {am} a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

At my first answer no man stood with me, but all {men} forsook me: {I pray God} that it may not be laid to their charge.

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies {are} the men of his own house.

And others had trial of {cruel} mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. {they have called...: or, they cried after thee fully} {fair...: Heb. good things}

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; {how} I do bear in my bosom {the reproach of} all the mighty people;

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

And they all forsook him, and fled.

Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy {are ye}; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

But I {am} a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. {sore: Heb. stroke} {my kinsmen: or, my neighbours}

I looked on {my} right hand, and beheld, but {there was} no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. {I looked...: or, Look on the right hand, and see} {failed...: Heb. perished from me} {cared...: Heb. sought after}

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: {I am} shut up, and I cannot come forth.

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

At my first answer no man stood with me, but all {men} forsook me: {I pray God} that it may not be laid to their charge.

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, {and} mine acquaintance into darkness.

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears {are} on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort {her}: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; {and} they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

I became also a reproach unto them: {when} they looked upon me they shaked their heads.