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Psa 88:18 — Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Lover		Psa 88:8; Psa 31:11; Psa 38:11; Job 19:12-15
mine acquaintance		A figurative expression to denote that he now never saw them.

Correlating Passages

Lover

	Psa 88:8	Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.
	Psa 31:11	I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
	Psa 38:11	My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
	Job 19:12	His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
	Job 19:13	He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
	Job 19:14	My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
	Job 19:15	They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 88:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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