Psalm 88:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ They surround me like a flood all day long; from all sides they close in on me.

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¹⁷ They came round about me daily like water; They compassed me about together.

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¹⁷ They surround me like a flood all day long; together they have closed in upon me.

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¹⁷ They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

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¹⁷ They surround me all day long like water; they engulf me completely.

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¹⁷ and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice.

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For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they bound my hands and feet.

The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

then the flood would have swept us away; the torrent would have gone over us;

Deep calls to deep at the thunder of your torrents; all your waves and your billows have gone over me.

The princes of Judah have become like those who remove the landmark; on them I will pour out my wrath like water.