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17 They surround me like water all day long;
they join forces and encircle me.[a]
18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance;[b]
those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:17 tn Heb “they encircle me together.”
  2. Psalm 88:18 tn Heb “you cause to be far from me friend and neighbor.”
  3. Psalm 88:18 tn Heb “those known by me, darkness.”

17 All day long they surround me like a flood;(A)
    they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend(B) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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