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18 You have caused (A)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.[a]

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  1. Psalm 88:18 Or darkness has become my only companion

18 You have taken from me friend(A) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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13 “He has put my (A)brothers far from me,
    and (B)those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
14 My relatives (C)have failed me,
    my close (D)friends have forgotten me.
15 The guests (E)in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger;
    I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
16 I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer;
    I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.
17 My breath is strange to my (F)wife,
    and I am a stench to the children of (G)my own mother.
18 Even young (H)children despise me;
    when I rise they talk against me.
19 All my (I)intimate friends abhor me,
    and those whom I loved have turned against me.
20 My (J)bones stick to my skin and to my flesh,
    and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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13 “He has alienated my family(A) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(B)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends(C) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(D) and my female servants(E) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome(F) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(G) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(H)
19 All my intimate friends(I) detest me;(J)
    those I love have turned against me.(K)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(L)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

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  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums