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Psalm 88:18

New International Reader's Version

You have taken my friends and neighbors away from me. Darkness is my closest friend.

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The nations were all around me. But by the Lord’s power I destroyed them.

They were around me on every side. But by the Lord’s power I destroyed them.

My neighbors make fun of me because I have so many enemies. My closest friends are afraid of me. People who see me on the street run away from me.

My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds. My neighbors stay far away from me.

You have taken my closest friends away from me. You have made me sickening to them. I feel trapped and can’t escape.