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Psalms 88:17
17The troubles that you send are all round me, like a flood of deep water. They come very near to me, on every side.
Psalms 88:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
- New International Version (NIV)All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They came around me all day long like water; They engulfed me altogether.
Context of Psalms 88:17
15Since I was young, I have been in pain. I have always been near to death. You have caused bad troubles to frighten me, so that I feel helpless. 16Your anger is too much for me! You are attacking me and destroying me! The troubles that you send are all round me, like a flood of deep water. They come very near to me, on every side. 18You cause my friends and my neighbours to stay away from me. All that I have near to me is darkness.
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סַבּ֣וּנִי כַ֭מַּיִם כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם הִקִּ֖יפוּ עָלַ֣י יָֽחַד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 88:17
- Psalms 22:16Wicked people are everywhere around me. They are ready to attack me, like a group of wild dogs. They tear apart my hands and my feet.
- Psalms 42:7I hear your waterfalls make a noise like thunder. It seems like all that water is pouring over me and it knocks me down to the ground.
- Psalms 69:1Please rescue me, God, because the deep water has come up to my neck.
- Psalms 116:3The danger of death was very near to me. I became afraid of the deep hole of death. I was very sad and upset.
- Job 16:12I was living in peace, but then God destroyed me. He took hold of my neck and he shook me to pieces. He decided to shoot his arrows at me.
- Job 30:14I cannot stop them when they attack me. They rush forward to knock me down.
- Lamentations 3:5He has fought against me from every side. He caused much trouble for me, so that I am very sad.
- Matthew 27:39The people who walked near there insulted Jesus. They laughed at him,
Commentaries on Psalms 88:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17They came round about me daily like water - Besides his spiritual conflicts, he had many enemies to grapple with. The waves of God's displeasure broke over him, and his enemies came around him like water, increasing more and more, rising higher and higher, till he was at last on the point of being submerged in the flood.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17They came round about me daily like water - Margin, “as in” Hebrew, all the day. That is, his troubles seemed to be like the waves of the sea cohnstantly breaking on the shore. See Psalm 42:7. They compassed me about together - My troubles did not come singly, so that I could meet them one at a time, but they seemed to have banded themselves together; they all came upon me at once.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Departed souls may declare God's faithfulness, justice, and lovingkindness; but deceased bodies can neither receive God's favours in comfort, nor return them in praise. The psalmist resolved to continue in prayer, and the more so, because deliverance did not come speedily. Though our prayers are not soon answered, yet we must not give over praying. The greater our troubles, the more earnest and serious we should be in prayer. Nothing grieves…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-17In his third charge, the psalmist accuses the Lord of rejecting him. The force and apparent cruelty of the psalmist’s suffering overwhelm him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. the extremes of anguish and despair are depicted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 88
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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