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15 From my youth,
I have been suffering and near death.
I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.(A)
16 Your wrath sweeps over me;
your terrors destroy me.(B)
17 They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.(C)
18 You have distanced loved one and neighbour from me;
darkness is my only friend.[a](D)

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  1. 88:18 Or from me, my friends. Oh darkness!