Psalms 88:8
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.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 88 connects to 10 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
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up--I go not forth.
You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.
Cross References
And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his …
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part …
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no …
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they …
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; …