New English Translation
Psalms 88:8
8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
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 place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths. 7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah) You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free. 9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you. 10Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:8 word by word
הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי שַׁתַּ֣נִי תוֹעֵב֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ כָּ֝לֻ֗א וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 88:8
- Psalms 88:18You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.
- Psalms 31:11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering – those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.
- Psalms 143:4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
- 1 Samuel 23:18When the two of them had made a covenant before the Lord, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house.
- Job 19:13“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
- John 11:57(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)
- Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
- Isaiah 63:3“I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself; no one from the nations joined me. I stomped on them in my anger; I trampled them down in my rage. Their juice splashed on my garments, and stained all my clothes.
- Zechariah 11:8Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.
- Matthew 27:21The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!”
- John 15:23The one who hates me hates my Father too.
- Job 12:14If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
- Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
- Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison 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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