Psalms 88:17

17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they close in on me from every side.

Psalms 88:17 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 88:17

They came round about me daily like water
That is, the terrors of the Lord, the sorrows of death and hell, ( Psalms 18:4 Psalms 18:5 ) , this was the Messiah's case, when it was with him as is expressed ( Psalms 69:1 Psalms 69:2 ) ,

they compassed me about together;
as waters coming from many places, from all quarters, meet together, and together surround a person or place in such circumstances was Christ, when the bulls of Bashan beset him around, and the assembly of the wicked enclosed him, and innumerable evils encompassed him about, ( Psalms 22:12 Psalms 22:16 ) ( 40:12 ) .

Psalms 88:17 In-Context

15 Ever since I was young, I have suffered and been near death; I am worn out from the burden of your punishments.
16 Your furious anger crushes me; your terrible attacks destroy me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they close in on me from every side.
18 You have made even my closest friends abandon me, and darkness is my only companion.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.