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Psalms 31:12

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 31:13.

נִ֭שְׁכַּחְתִּיnishkachtiforgetשָׁכַחverb, niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “forget”, a completed actionH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.כְּמֵ֣תkemetas dieמוּתpreposition, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “as die”, a verb used as a describing wordH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…מִלֵּ֑בmilevfrom comfortablyלֵבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from comfortably”, the ordinary formH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…הָ֝יִ֗יתִיhayitibeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כִּכְלִ֥יkikhlias vesselכְּלִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as vessel”, the ordinary formH3627something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, [phrase] furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, [idiom] one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, [phrase] psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, [phrase] w…אֹבֵֽדoveddestroyאָבַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “destroy”, a verb used as a describing wordH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(31-13) I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a useless vessel.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

Young’s Literal Translation

I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

World English Bible

I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.

Darby Translation

I am forgotten in [their] heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(31-13) I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a useless vessel.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπελήσθην ὡσεὶ νεκρὸς ἀπὸ καρδίας· ἐγενήθην ὡσεὶ σκεῦος ἀπολωλὸς,