Psalm 88:17 “All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.”

Psalm 88:17

All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

World English Bible

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

American Standard Version

They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

Geneva Bible 1599

They came round about me dayly like water, and compassed me together.

Darby Translation

They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.

Young's Literal Translation

They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

Bible in Basic English

They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.

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Cross references

“They”

Psalm 22:16 Psalm 116:3 Psalm 42:7 Lamentations 3:5–7 Matthew 27:39–44 Psalm 69:1

Psalm 22:16 · BSB

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

Psalm 116:3 · BSB

The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

Psalm 42:7 · BSB

Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

Lamentations 3:5–7 · BSB

He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Matthew 27:39–44 · BSB

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

Psalm 69:1 · BSB

Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.

Also

Psalm 124:4 Psalm 118:10–12

Psalm 124:4 · BSB

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

Psalm 118:10–12 · BSB

All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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.

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