Psalms 88:17
\88:16\The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
In Context
18\88:17\They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.
Cross References
Job 30:14As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.
Psalms 42:7\42:6\My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Psalms 116:3The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 124:4We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;
Hosea 5:10The rulers of Judah are like those who take away a landmark; I will let loose my wrath on them like flowing water.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:11-18
Pleading with God. 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Lord , why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer… Read the whole commentary →