Psalms 88:8

World English Bible (2000)

You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.

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  • Ps 31:11 : 11 Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
  • Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."
  • Jer 32:2 : 2 Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
  • Matt 27:21-25 : 21 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!" 22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!" 23 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!" 24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it." 25 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"
  • John 11:57 : 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
  • John 15:23-24 : 23 He who hates me, hates my Father also. 24 If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.
  • Lam 3:7-9 : 7 He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy. 8 Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer. 9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
  • Isa 63:3 : 3 "I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.
  • Ps 88:18 : 18 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.
  • Ps 142:4 : 4 Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
  • Ps 143:4 : 4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
  • 1 Sam 23:18-20 : 18 They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house. 19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand."
  • Job 12:14 : 14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
  • Job 19:8 : 8 He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
  • Job 19:13-19 : 13 "He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me. 14 My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight. 16 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth. 17 My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother. 18 Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me. 19 All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.
  • Job 30:10 : 10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don't hesitate to spit in my face.

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    14 Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

    15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

    16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.

    17 They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

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    13 "He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

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    15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

  • Ps 88:3-7
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    3 For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

    4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

    5 set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

    6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

    7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

  • Ps 88:9
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    9 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.

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    12 I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.

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    11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.

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    6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

    7 He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.

    8 Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

    9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.

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    19 All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

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    11 He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.

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    21 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they shall be like me.

  • Job 16:7-8
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    7 But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company.

    8 You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

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    22 As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

  • Ps 6:8
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    8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

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    2 For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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    3 You have reproached me ten times. You aren't ashamed that you attack me.

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    6 "But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

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    19 He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.

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  • Job 13:24
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    24 Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?

  • Lam 3:53
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    53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.

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  • Ps 88:1
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    1 Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

  • Ps 35:15
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  • Ps 102:8
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    8 My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

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    28 I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

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    10 Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

  • Ps 69:19
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    19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.