Psalms 31:11
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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Psalms 31:11. I was a reproach among all mine enemies,
They had found something to fling at him, and they were delighted to throw it with all their malicious force: "I was a reproach among all mine enemies," -
Psalms 31:11. But especially among my neighbours,
Those that are nearest can stab the sharpest. Those who knew David the best, endeavored to find some silly tale to use against him.
Psalms 31:11. And a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
This Psalm may have been written after Absalom’s rebellion, when Shimei cursed the king, and when everybody seemed to be forsaking him. Then was David brought into a low estate indeed.