Psalms 88:17
They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
In Context
16Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;
18Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.
Cross References
Job 30:14As through a wide breach, came they on, with a crashing noise, they rolled themselves along.
Psalms 42:7Roaring deep unto roaring deep, is calling, at the voice of thy cataracts, All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, have passed.
Psalms 116:3The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found;
Psalms 124:4Then, the waters, had whelmed us, the torrent, gone over our soul;
Hosea 5:10The rulers of Judah have become as they who remove a land-mark. Upon them, will I pour out, like water, my wrath.
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 →