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Psalms 88:8 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape. "
Psalms 88:8
Verse in Context
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6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.
9 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.
10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
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Psalms 88:1
"LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you."
Psalms 88:2
"Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry."
Psalms 88:3
"For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol."
Psalms 88:4
"I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,"
Psalms 88:5
"set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand."
Psalms 88:6
"You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths."
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