⁸ Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

¹¹ Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.

⁸ And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

² Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.

⁷ Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, `and' his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, `even' the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

²³ He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

²⁴ If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

⁵⁷ Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.

²¹ But the governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.

²² Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.

²³ And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye `to it'.

²⁵ And all the people answered and said, His blood `be' on us, and on our children.

⁷ He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

⁸ Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

⁹ He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

³ I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.

⁴ Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

⁴ Look on `my' right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.

¹⁸ Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. Psalm 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

¹⁰ They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.

¹³ He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

¹⁴ My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.

¹⁵ They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

¹⁶ I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, `Though' I entreat him with my mouth.

¹⁷ My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.

¹⁸ Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

¹⁹ All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.

⁸ He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

¹⁴ Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

¹⁸ And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

¹⁹ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

²⁰ Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.