Psalms 31:12

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; ¹  I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar. ² 

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

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

I have been ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot.

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

I have gone from men’s minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.

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

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; ¹  I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar. ² 

¹ tn Heb “I am forgotten, like a dead man, from [the] heart.” The “heart” is here viewed as the center of one’s thoughts.

² tn Heb “I am like a broken jar.” One throws away a broken jar without a second thought because it is considered worthless and useless.