Psalms 88:17
All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
In Context
16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Cross References
Job 30:14They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 124:4then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
Hosea 5:10The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury 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 →