Psalms 88:17
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
King James Version
In Context
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Cross References
Job 30:14They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
Psalms 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 124:4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Hosea 5:10The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore 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 →