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Psalms 88:17

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 88:17 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
Psalms 88:17 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 88

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
14Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
17They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. Psalm 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“They came round about me daily like water - Margin, “as in” Hebrew, all the day. That is, his troubles seemed to be like the waves of the sea cohnstantly breaking on the shore. See Psalms 42:7. They compassed me about together - My troubles did not come singly, so that I could meet them one at a time, but they seemed to have banded themselves together; they all came upon me at once. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Water - As the waters of the sea encompass him who is in the midst of it. Next: Psalms Chapter 89”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“They: Psa 22:16, Psa 42:7, Psa 69:1, Psa 69:2, Psa 116:3; Job 16:12, Job 16:13, Job 30:14, Job 30:15; Lam 3:5-7; Mat 27:39-44 daily: or, all the day Psalms 88:18”
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