18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Psalms 88:18
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Job 19:12–14
12 His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent. 13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. 14 My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
Psalms 88:7–9
7 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah 8 You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape. 9 My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands…
Job 16:6–8
6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away? 7 Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family. 8 You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
Lamentations 3:16–18
16 He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust. 17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. 18 So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:1–3
1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. 2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. 3 Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
Jeremiah 12:6–8
6 Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you. 7 I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life… 8 …
Job 19:18–20
18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me. 19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me. 20 My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Lamentations 3:5–7
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. 7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
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