Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 88:8
8You have distanced my friends from me; you have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out.
Psalms 88:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
- New International Version (NIV)You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out;
Context of Psalms 88:8
6You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths. 7Your wrath weighs heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.Selah You have distanced my friends from me; you have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out. 9My eyes are worn out from crying. Lord, I cry out to you all day long; I spread out my hands to you. 10Do you work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise you?Selah
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:8 word by word
הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי שַׁתַּ֣נִי תוֹעֵב֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ כָּ֝לֻ֗א וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 88:8
- Psalms 88:18You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me; darkness is my only friend.
- Psalms 31:11I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am dreaded by my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me.
- Psalms 143:4My spirit is weak within me; my heart is overcome with dismay.
- 1 Samuel 23:18Then the two of them made a covenant in the Lord’s presence. Afterward, David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
- Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
- John 11:57The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it so that they could arrest him.
- Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, says to one who is despised, to one abhorred by people, to a servant of rulers: “Kings will see, princes will stand up, and they will all bow down because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel — and he has chosen you.”
- Isaiah 63:3I trampled the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with me. I trampled them in my anger and ground them underfoot in my fury; their blood spattered my garments, and all my clothes were stained.
- Zechariah 11:8In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
- Matthew 27:21The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” “Barabbas!” they answered.
- John 15:23The one who hates me also hates my Father.
- Job 12:14Whatever he tears down cannot be rebuilt; whoever he imprisons cannot be released.
- Job 19:8He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through; he has veiled my paths with darkness.
- Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so I cannot get out; he has weighed me down with chains.
Commentaries on Psalms 88:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thou hast made me an abonmination - This verse has been supposed to express the state of a leper, who, because of the infectious nature of his disease, is separated from his family - is abominable to all, and at last shut up in a separate house, whence he does not come out to mingle with society.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me - The same ground of complaint, or expression of the depth of affliction, occurs elsewhere, Psalm 31:11; Psalm 38:11; Psalm 69:8. See also Job 19:13-17. Thou hast made me an abomination unto them - As something which they would avoid, or from which they would revolt and turn away - as we turn away from the body of a dead man, or from an offensive object. The word means properly an object to be detested or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12In his second charge, the psalmist claims that God has isolated him and caused his loneliness (compare Psalms 31:11; 38:11). In that culture, loneliness was a curse because relationships mattered more than personal success.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Both cut off from sympathy and made hateful to friends (Psa 31:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 88
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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