Psalms 88:17
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
In Context
16Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
18You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
Cross References
Job 30:14As through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.
Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
Psalms 116:3The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 124:4then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.
Hosea 5:10The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on 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 →