Psalms 88:17

17 et in nomine tuo exultabunt tota die et in iustitia tua exaltabuntur

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 iustitia et iudicium praeparatio sedis tuae misericordia et veritas praecedent faciem tuam
16 beatus populus qui scit iubilationem Domine in lumine vultus tui ambulabunt
17 et in nomine tuo exultabunt tota die et in iustitia tua exaltabuntur
18 quoniam gloria virtutis eorum tu es et in beneplacito tuo exaltabitur cornu nostrum
19 quia Domini est adsumptio *nostra; et Sancti Israhel regis nostri
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