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Psalms 88:18

LonelinessDiscouragement and depressionFriendshipGrief

16 Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
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BSB
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
KJV
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
WEB
You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
ASV
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. Psalm 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
DARBY
Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness.
BLB
You have put far my beloved and friend; my close acquaintance [is] darkness.
ÅB
Du har drevet venn og neste langt bort fra meg; mine kjenninger er det mørke sted.
[^1]: meningen uviss.
[^2]: d.e. ikke lenger stående i din tjeneste.
OTB
Du har tatt elskede og venn langt fra meg;
Mine bekjente bor i mørket.
B1930
Du har drevet venn og næste langt bort fra mig; mine kjenninger er det mørke sted.

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