Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
Psalm 88:8 - King James 2000 You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, And I cannot come forth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You have put my [familiar] friends far from me; You have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. American Standard Version (1901) Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. Common English Bible You’ve made my friends distant. You’ve made me disgusting to them. I can’t escape. I’m trapped! Catholic Public Domain Version God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him. |
Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and hesitate not to spit in my face.
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would acknowledge me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a horror to my acquaintance: they that did see me outside fled from me.
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Lover and friend have you put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness.
Thus says the LORD, 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 also shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he has chosen you.
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their souls also abhorred me.
Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.