Psalms 88:17
They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
In Context
16Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:
18Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness.
Cross References
Job 30:14They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward.
Psalms 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy cataracts; all thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
Psalms 116:3The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:
Psalms 124:4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;
Hosea 5:10The princes of Judah are become like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like 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 →