Psalms 88:18
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 88 connects to 5 cross-references. A Korahite lament of Heman the Ezrahite, one of the darkest psalms in the Psalter, expressing unrelenting suffering and divine abandonment. Unlike most laments it contains no turn toward confidence or praise. The psalmist is counted among those going to …
Other Translations
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.
Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance <FI>is<Fi> the place of darkness!
You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.
Cross References
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their …
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut …
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they …