New King James Version
Psalms 88:8
8You 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;
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 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 laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the depths. 7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah 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; 9My eye wastes away because of affliction. Lord, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You. 10Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and 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
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Cross-references for Psalms 88:8
- Psalms 88:18Loved one and friend You have put far from me, And my acquaintances into darkness.
- Psalms 31:11I am a reproach among all my enemies, But especially among my neighbors, And am repulsive to my acquaintances; Those who see me outside flee from me.
- Psalms 143:4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is distressed.
- 1 Samuel 23:18So the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. And David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his own house.
- Job 19:13“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
- John 11:57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him.
- Isaiah 49:7Thus says the Lord, The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall worship, Because of the Lord who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel; And He has chosen You.”
- Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, And from the peoples no one was with Me. For I have trodden them in My anger, And trampled them in My fury; Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments, And I have stained all My robes.
- Zechariah 11:8I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
- Matthew 27:21The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”
- John 15:23He who hates Me hates My Father also.
- Job 12:14If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
- Job 19:8He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths.
- Lamentations 3:7He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.
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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