Bible verse
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Psalm 88:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 88.
14 Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16 Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
KJV
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness.
ASV
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.
ERV
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
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