Psalms 88:8
(88-9) Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7(88-8) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah
Cross References
Job 12:14Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Psalms 31:11(31-12) Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a dread to mine acquaintance; they that see me without flee from me.
Psalms 88:18(88-19) Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Psalms 143:4And my spirit fainteth within me; my heart within me is appalled.
Isaiah 63:3'I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples there was no man with Me; yea, I trod them in Mine anger, and trampled them in My fury; and their lifeblood is dashed against My garments, and I have stained all My raiment.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:2-10
Sorrowful Complaints; Complaining to God. 1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in… Read the whole commentary →