Psalm 88:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You made my friends leave me. They all avoid me like someone no one wants to touch. Like a prisoner in my house, I cannot go out.

Cross References

Psalm 31:11

My enemies despise me, and even my neighbors have turned away. When my friends see me in the street, they turn the other way. They are afraid to be around me.

Zechariah 11:8

I fired the three shepherds all in one month. I got angry at the sheep, and they began to hate me.

Jeremiah 32:2

At that time the army of the king of Babylon was surrounding the city of Jerusalem, and Jeremiah was under arrest in the courtyard of the guardhouse. This courtyard was at the palace of the king of Judah.

Isaiah 49:7

The Lord, the Holy Protector of Israel, speaks to his servant. People hate that servant. Nations despise him. He is now a slave to rulers. The Lord says to him, “Kings will see you and stand to honor you. Great leaders will bow down to you.” This will happen for the Lord. The Holy One of Israel is the one who chose you, and he can be trusted.

John 11:57

But the leading priests and the Pharisees had given a special order about Jesus. They said that anyone who knew where he was must tell them so that they could arrest him.

Isaiah 63:3

He answers, “I walked in the winepress by myself. No one helped me. I was angry, and I trampled the grapes. The juice splashed on my clothes, so now they are stained.

Psalm 143:4

I am ready to give up. I am losing my courage.

Psalm 142:4

I look around, and I don’t see anyone I know. I have no place to run. There is no one to save me.

Psalm 88:18

You caused my friends and loved ones to leave me. Now darkness is my closest friend.

Job 30:10

They hate me and stay far away from me, except when they come to spit in my face!

Job 19:8

God has blocked my way to keep me from getting through. He has hidden my path in darkness.

Job 12:14

Anything God tears down cannot be rebuilt. Anyone he puts in prison cannot be set free.

Psalm 42:8

By day the Lord shows his faithful love, and at night I have a song for him—a prayer for the God of my life.