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Psalms 88:18

Psalms 88:18 is verse 18 of Psalms chapter 88, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.

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Psalms 88:16–18 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 88:8

You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

Psalms 31:11

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.

Psalms 38:11

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

Job 19:12

His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

Job 19:13

He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

Job 19:14

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

Job 19:15

My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

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