Psalm 88:8

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Job 12:14

What he tears down can’t be rebuilt. The people he puts in prison can’t be set free.

Job 19:8

God has blocked my way, and I can’t get through. He has made my paths so dark I can’t see where I’m going.

Job 30:10

They hate me. They stay away from me. They even dare to spit in my face.

Psalm 142:4

Look and see that no one is on my right side to help me. No one is concerned about me. I have no place of safety. No one cares whether I live or die.

Psalm 143:4

So I grow weak. Deep down inside me, I’m afraid.

Psalm 31:11

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.

Psalm 42:8

During the day the Lord sends his love to me. During the night I sing about him. I say a prayer to the God who gives me life.

Psalm 88:18

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

Isaiah 49:7

The Lord sets his people free. He is the Holy One of Israel. He speaks to his servant, who is looked down on and hated by the nations. He speaks to the servant of rulers. He says to him, “Kings will see you and stand up to honor you. Princes will see you and bow down to show you their respect. I am the Lord. I am faithful. I am the Holy One of Israel. I have chosen you.”

Isaiah 63:3

The Lord answers, “I have been stomping on the nations as if they were grapes. No one was there to help me. I walked all over the nations because I was angry. That is why I stomped on them. Their blood splashed all over my clothes. So my clothes were stained bright red.

Jeremiah 32:2

The armies of the king of Babylon were getting ready to attack Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was being held as a prisoner. He was kept in the courtyard of the guard. It was part of Judah’s royal palace.

Zechariah 11:8

In one month I got rid of three worthless shepherds. The sheep hated me, and I got tired of them.

John 11:57

But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders. They had commanded anyone who found out where Jesus was staying to report it. Then they could arrest him.