18 You have removed (A)lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in darkness.

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Look to the right and see;
For there is (A)no one who regards me;
[a]There is no (B)escape for me;
(C)No one cares for my soul.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 142:4 Lit Escape has perished from me

21 “Then you will (A)say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And am (B)barren, an (C)exile and a wanderer?
And who has reared these?
Behold, I was (D)left alone;
[a](E)From where did these come?’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:21 Lit These, where are they?