Mazmur 88:8

88:8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance;

you make me an appalling sight to them.

I am trapped and cannot get free. ¹ 

Mazmur 88:18

88:18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; ² 

those who know me leave me alone in the darkness. ³ 

[88:8]  ¹ tn Heb “[I am] confined and I cannot go out.”

[88:18]  ² tn Heb “you cause to be far from me friend and neighbor.”

[88:18]  ³ tn Heb “those known by me, darkness.”