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Psalm 88

Psa. 88:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thoui hast put away
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
mine acquaintance
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from me; thou hast made
shiyth (Hebrew #7896)
to place (in a very wide application)
KJV usage: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.
Pronounce: sheeth
Origin: a primitive root
me an abomination
tow`ebah (Hebrew #8441)
feminine active participle of 8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
Pronounce: to-ay-baw'
Origin: or tonebah {to-ay-baw'}
unto them: I aml shut up
kala' (Hebrew #3607)
to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
KJV usage: finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
, and I cannot come forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Job 19:13• 13My brethren he put far away from me,{HR}And mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. (Job 19:13)
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Job 12:14• 14He breaketh down, and it is not built up.{HR}He shutteth up on man, and it is not opened. (Job 12:14)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 88:18• 18Thou hast put far from me lover and associate;{HR}Mine acquaintances [are] darkness. (Psa. 88:18)
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Psa. 31:11• 11I have been a reproach among all mine adversaries,{HR}And especially to my neighbours;{HR}And a fear to mine acquaintances who see me without ;{HR}They fled from me. (Psa. 31:11)
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Psa. 143:4• 4And overwhelmed in (on) me is my spirit,{HR}In the midst of me desolated is my heart. (Psa. 143:4)
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1 Sam. 23:18‑20• 18And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
 19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
 20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. (1 Sam. 23:18‑20)
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Job 19:13‑19• 13My brethren he put far away from me,{HR}And mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
 14My kinsmen have ceased,{HR}And my confidants have forgotten me.
 15Guests of my house, and, my maid, count me a stranger,{HR}A foreigner I am become in their eyes.
 16I call to my servant, but he answereth not;{HR}With my mouth I make supplication to him.
 17My breath is strange to my wife,{HR}And my entreaties for the children of my body.
 18Even youngsters despise me;{HR}I rise, and they speak of me.
 19All my intimates abhorred me,{HR}And those I loved turned against me. (Job 19:13‑19)
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John 11:57• 57Now the high priest and the Pharisees had given commandment that if anyone knew where he was, he should inform, that they might seize him. (John 11:57)
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Isa. 49:7• 7Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom the soul despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth to a servant of rulers, kings shall see and arise, princes and they shall worship, because of Jehovah that is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee. (Isa. 49:7)
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Isa. 63:3• 3I have trodden the wine-press alone: and of the peoples not a man was with me; and I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment. (Isa. 63:3)
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Zech. 11:8• 8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. (Zech. 11:8)
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Matt. 27:21‑25• 21And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.
 22Pilate says to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.
 23And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.
 24And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye [to it].
 25And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us and on our children. (Matt. 27:21‑25)
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John 15:23‑24• 23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
 24If I did not among them the works which no other did, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. (John 15:23‑24)
I am shut.
Job 12:14• 14He breaketh down, and it is not built up.{HR}He shutteth up on man, and it is not opened. (Job 12:14)
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Job 19:8• 8He hath hedged my way that I cannot pass,{HR}And hath set darkness on my paths. (Job 19:8)
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Lam. 3:7‑9• 7He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.{HR}
 8Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.{HR}
 9He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. (Lam. 3:7‑9)
• It was nature without its sustainment, nature with death pressed on it, that is, its destruction and end. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 88-89” by J.N. Darby)
• (vv. 8-9) Moreover there is the consciousness that sin not only separates from God, but that sin makes the person an object of loathing to his acquaintance. That it shuts the soul up in an awful loneliness from which he cannot come forth. (“Psalm 88” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me,{HR}Thou hast made me abomination to them:{HR}[I am] shut up and cannot come forth.