Psalms 88:8
Thou hast put mine acquaintances far from me, Yea, thou hast made me their abhorrence: I am shut up, and cannot go forth.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7Thy wrath presseth hard upon me, And thou afflictest me with all thy waves! [[Pause.]]
Cross References
Job 12:14Lo! he pulleth down, and it shall not be rebuilt; He bindeth a man, and he shall not be set loose.
Job 19:13My brethren he hath put far from me, And my acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Psalms 31:11I have become the scorn of my neighbors, And the terror of my acquaintance; They who see me abroad flee from me.
Psalms 88:18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me; My acquaintances are withdrawn from my sight.
Psalms 143:4My spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
Isaiah 63:3I have trodden the wine-vat alone, And of the nations there was none with me. And I trod them in mine anger, And I trampled them in my fury, So that their life-blood was sprinkled upon my garments. And I have stained all my apparel.
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 →