Psalms 88:8
(88:9) Thou hast removed my acquaintances far from me; thou hast rendered me an abomination unto them: I am imprisoned, and I cannot go forth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
7(88:8) Upon me lieth heavily thy fury, and with all thy billows hast thou afflicted me. Selah.
Cross References
Job 12:14Behold, he pulleth down, and there can be no rebuilding: he locketh [the prison] upon a man, and there can be no opening,
Job 19:13My brothers hath he removed far from me, and my acquaintance are entirely estranged from me.
Psalms 31:11(31:12) Because of all my assailants am I become a reproach, and unto my neighbors greatly so, and a terror to my acquaintance, those that see me abroad flee away from me.
Psalms 88:18(88:19) Thou hast removed far from me lover and friend, my acquaintances [are in] darkness.
Psalms 143:4And my spirit within me is overwhelmed: in my bosom is my heart astounded.
Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the vat alone, and of the nations there was no man with me; and I trod them down in my anger, and I trampled on them in my fury; and their blood was sprinkled on my garments, and all my raiments have I stained.
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 →