Psalms 88:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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  • Ps 31:11 : 11 Because 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.
  • Isa 49:7 : 7 This 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.”
  • Jer 32:2 : 2 Now at that time, the armies of the king of Babylon were besieging Jerusalem. The prophet Jeremiah was confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse attached to the royal palace of Judah.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.
  • Matt 27:21-25 : 21 The governor asked them,“Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said,“Barabbas!” 22 Pilate said to them,“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said,“Crucify him!” 23 He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!” 24 Jesus is Condemned and Mocked When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” 25 In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”
  • John 11:57 : 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.)
  • John 15:23-24 : 23 The one who hates me hates my Father too. 24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.
  • Lam 3:7-9 : 7 ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. 8 Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer. 9 He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.
  • Isa 63:3 : 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.
  • Ps 88:18 : 18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.
  • Ps 142:4 : 4 Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.
  • Ps 143:4 : 4 My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
  • 1 Sam 23:18-20 : 18 When the two of them had made a covenant before the LORD, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house. 19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said,“Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon? 20 Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”
  • Job 12:14 : 14 If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
  • Job 19:8 : 8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
  • Job 19:13-19 : 13 Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me. 14 My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me. 15 My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes. 16 I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth. 17 My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my brothers. 18 Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me. 19 All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.
  • Job 30:10 : 10 They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 88:14-18
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    82%

    14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

    15I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

    16Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

    17They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.

    18You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

  • Job 19:13-15
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    13Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.

    14My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.

    15My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes.

  • Ps 88:3-7
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    3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

    4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

    5adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.

    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)

  • Ps 88:9
    78%

    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.

  • Ps 31:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    12I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

  • Ps 38:11
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    11Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

  • Lam 3:6-9
    4 verses
    76%

    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

    7ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.

    8Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.

    9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.

  • Job 19:19
    75%

    19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

  • Job 19:8
    75%

    8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

  • Lam 3:11
    74%

    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Jonah 2:4
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    4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

  • Lam 1:21
    73%

    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

  • Job 16:7-8
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    7Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.

    8You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

  • Ps 31:22
    73%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • Ps 6:8
    73%

    8Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping!

  • Isa 38:12
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    12My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

  • Lam 3:17
    73%

    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Ps 69:8
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    8My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.

  • Ps 38:21
    73%

    21Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!

  • Ps 43:2
    72%

    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

  • Job 30:10
    72%

    10They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

  • Job 19:3
    72%

    3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

  • Job 17:6
    72%

    6He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.

  • Job 30:19
    72%

    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

  • Job 9:31
    72%

    31then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.

  • Ps 39:10
    72%

    10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

  • Job 13:24
    72%

    24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

  • Lam 3:53
    72%

    53They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.

  • Ps 22:1
    72%

    1For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

  • Ps 88:1
    72%

    1A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

  • Ps 35:15
    72%

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Ps 102:8
    71%

    8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

  • Job 30:28
    71%

    28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

  • Ps 102:10
    71%

    10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

  • Ps 69:19
    71%

    19You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.