Psalms 88:18
You have put lover and friend far from me, || My acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
In Context
17They have surrounded me as waters all the day, || They have gone around against me together,
Cross References
Job 19:12His troops come in together, || And they raise up their way against me, || And encamp around my tent.
Psalms 38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from before my plague. And my neighbors have stood far off.
Psalms 118:10All nations have surrounded me, || In the Name of YHWH I surely cut them off.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:11-18
Pleading with God. 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Lord , why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer… Read the whole commentary →