11 I am ridiculed by all my adversaries
and even by my neighbors.
I am dreaded by my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street run from me.(A)

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11 Because of all my enemies,(A)
    I am the utter contempt(B) of my neighbors(C)
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
    those who see me on the street flee from me.

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11 My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.(A)

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11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(A)
    my neighbors stay far away.

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You have distanced my friends from me;
you have made me repulsive to them.(A)
I am shut in and cannot go out.

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You have taken from me my closest friends(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(B) and cannot escape;(C)

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18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 88:18 Or from me, my friends. Oh darkness!

18 You have taken from me friend(A) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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