Psalms 88:18

¹⁶ Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁷ They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.

Psalms 88:8
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.
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Psalms 38:11
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
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Job 19:12–15
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
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Psalms 31:11
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.
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