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Psalms 88:8
8You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
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.
- 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.
Context of Psalms 88:8
6You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 7Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape; 9my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you. 10Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
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 have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
- Psalms 31:11Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends— those who see me on the street flee from me.
- Psalms 143:4So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.
- 1 Samuel 23:18The two of them made a covenant before the Lord. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.
- Job 19:13“He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
- John 11:57But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.
- Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord says— the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel— to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
- Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing.
- Zechariah 11:8In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them
- Matthew 27:21“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they answered.
- John 15:23Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.
- Job 12:14What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released.
- Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
- Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; 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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