The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 88:18

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me (comp. Psalms 88:8 and Job 19:13). And mine acquaintance into darkness; literally, and my intimates [are] darkness; i.e. "when I look for a friend or an acquaintance, my eye meets nothing but darkness," or "dark space."

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