12 I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.

Other Translations of Psalm 31:12

King James Version

12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken a broken...: Heb. a vessel that perisheth vessel.

English Standard Version

12 I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.

The Message

12 They want to blot me from memory, forget me like a corpse in a grave, discard me like a broken dish in the trash.

New King James Version

12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

New Living Translation

12 I am ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 31:12

Commentary on Psalm 31:9-18

(Read Psalm 31:9-18)

David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffered for ours. David's friends durst not give him any assistance. Let us not think it strange if thus deserted, but make sure of a Friend in heaven who will not fail. God will be sure to order and dispose all for the best, to all those who commit their spirits also into his hand. The time of life is in God's hands, to lengthen or shorten, make bitter or sweet, according to the counsel of his will. The way of man is not in himself, nor in our friend's hands, nor in our enemies' hands, but in God's. In this faith and confidence he prays that the Lord would save him for his mercies's sake, and not for any merit of his own. He prophesies the silencing of those that reproach and speak evil of the people of God. There is a day coming, when the Lord will execute judgment upon them. In the mean time, we should engage ourselves by well-doing, if possible, to silence the ignorance of foolish men.