Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
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Gill's Exposition
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me,.... This is mentioned in Psa 88:8, and is here repeated; and the account is closed with it, to show that this was a most aggravating circumstance of his…
Barnes' Notes
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me - That is, Thou hast so afflicted me that they have forsaken me. Those who professed to love me, and whom I loved - those whom I regarded as my friends, and…
In these verses,
I. The psalmist expostulates with God concerning the present deplorable condition he was in (Psa 88:10-12): "Wilt thou do a miraculous work to the dead, and raise them to life again?…
Cambridge Bible
Cp. Psa 88:88; Psa 38:11; Job 19:13.
and mine acquaintanceinto darkness A difficult phrase. Another possible rendering is, my familiar friends are darkness: darkness takes the place of friends: cp.…