Psalms 38:10-11
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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Psalms 38:10-11. As for the sight of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
If you have ever had much trouble, you will find that your friends are rather scarce at such times. Friends are very much like swallows; they twitter about us in the summer, and they build their nests under our eaves; but where are they in the winter? Ah! where are they? You may ask the question, but who can answer it? Sorrow is not a thing which attracts company; men naturally hide themselves from grieving companions. So David says, "My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off"