Psalms 88:17

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

What this verse means

Read Psalms 88:17 in the flow of Psalms88 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Psalms88 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 88:17 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
  2. Job 30:14They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
  3. Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
  4. Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
  5. Psalms 69:1Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
  6. Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
  7. Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
  8. Psalms 124:4then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
  9. Lamentations 3:5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
  10. Hosea 5:10The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
  11. Matthew 27:39And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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