Psalms 88:17

17 They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides.

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 been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.
16 Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me.
17 They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides.
18 You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!
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