John Trapp on Psalms 38:11

Verſ. 11. My lovers and my friends ſtand aloof from my ſore] Heb.Praehorrore detrectantes accedere. Trem. [illegible: 1 letter]ry ſtrank, which therefore ſome Jew-Doctors will have to bee the Leproſy, which was noyſome and contagious: and therefore by the Law of God none were to come near ſuch. So among the Perſians, none might come neer a Piſaga (ſo they called a Leper) and therefore Magabyzus having offended Artaxerxes, Cteſ. Perſ. kept himſelf five years from Court pretending himſelf a Leper and in that ſpace made his peace with the King. But in Davids friends, who dealt thus with him, it was not ſo much fear of danger, as pride and perfidy, that made them deny him all duty and friendſhip, Pſal. 31.11. Job was ſo uſed, Chap. 6.15.Sophoc. Val. Mar. Plutarch. in Alex. and our Saviour when hee hung naked on the Croſſe, Luk, 23.49. and St. Paul, when hee made his defence before Nero, 2 Tim. 4.16. So was not Oreſtes by his friend Pylades, nor Dam[illegible: 1 letter]n by his Pythias, nor Achilles by Patr[illegible: 1 letter]clus, which made Alexander cry out O felicem juvenem! Trouble tryeth who are friends who traytors.