Psalms 88:17

17 They came around me all day long like water; They engulfed me altogether.

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 I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth; I suffer Your terrors; I am distraught.
16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me; Your terrors have cut me off.
17 They came around me all day long like water; They engulfed me altogether.
18 Loved one and friend You have put far from me, And my acquaintances into darkness.
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