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18Lover{H8802)} and friend hast thou put far{H8689)} from me, and mine acquaintance{H8794)} into darkness.
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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.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. …
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-18)In these verses, I. The psalmist expostulates with God concerning the present deplorable condition he was in (Ps. 88:10-12): “ Wilt thou do a miraculous work to the dead , and raise them to life again? Shall those that are dead and buried rise up to praise thee ? No; they leave it to their children to rise up in their room to praise God; none expects that they should do it; and wherefore should th…
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