One Hebrew word changed how I understand loneliness.
In English, alone sounds simple.
It means no one is around. No company. No conversation.
But in Psalm 25:16, David says, “Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.”
The Hebrew word there is yachid.
Yachid doesn’t just mean being by yourself.
It means being the only one left.
The one no longer chosen.
The one whose place feels quietly removed.
This kind of loneliness often shows up later in life.
When friends pass away,
when children are busy with lives that don’t include you as much,
when your voice is still here, but fewer people ask for it.
David doesn’t hide that feeling.
He names it. And Scripture keeps it.
Loneliness, in the Bible, is not treated as weakness.
It’s treated as a condition God is willing to sit with.
If you feel unseen, not just alone,
Yachid says: God is not offended by that word.
He wrote it down.
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