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Psalm 88:15–18

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15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:

While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

16Thy fierce wrath hgoeth over me;

Thy iterrors have cut me off.

17jThey came round about me ||daily like water;

They kcompassed me about together.

18lLover and friend mhast thou put far from me,

And mmine acquaintance into ndarkness.

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Footnotes

  1. hPs. 81:6 marg.
  2. iJob 6:4 only.
  3. jPs. 118:10–12 (Heb.).
  4. ||Or, all the day. See Ps. 86:3.
  5. kPs. 22:16 (Heb.).
  6. mver. 8.
  7. mver. 8.
  8. nSo Job 17:14.

Cross references

  1. lPs. 38:11.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,

I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.

Your wrath has swept over me;

your dreadful assaults destroy me.

They surround me like a flood all day long;

they close in on me together.

You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me;

my companions have become darkness.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;

I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

Your wrath has swept over me;

your terrors have destroyed me.

All day long they surround me like a flood;

they have completely engulfed me.

You have taken from me friend and neighbor—

darkness is my closest friend.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

From my youth,

I have been suffering and near death.

I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.

Your wrath sweeps over me;

your terrors destroy me.

They surround me like water all day long;

they close in on me from every side.

You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;

darkness is my only friend.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have been sick and close to death since my youth.

I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.

Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me.

Your terrors have paralyzed me.

They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long.

They have engulfed me completely.

You have taken away my companions and loved ones.

Darkness is my closest friend.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I am afflicted and perishing from my youth.

I bear your terrors. I am distraught.

Your burning anger has passed over me;

your sudden fears have destroyed me.

They surround me like water all the day;

they circle about me altogether.

You have removed loved one and friend far from me,

my acquaintances far from my darkness.