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I feel alone
Psalm 139
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
139:7 · King James
There is nowhere you can go where he is not already. Written as comfort, not as a warning.
Psalm 142
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
142:4 · King James
From a cave, with nobody left. He says it straight to God rather than to himself.
Psalm 25
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
25:16 · King James
Desolate and afflicted, and he asks to be turned toward rather than rescued from.
Psalm 27
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
27:10 · King James
Some people are alone in the oldest way there is, and the psalm does not pretend otherwise.