Psalms 88:17

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
  • Ps 69:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David]. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. 12 They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
  • Ps 124:4 : 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
  • Lam 3:5-7 : 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. 7 He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
  • Matt 27:39-44 : 39 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, 40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him. 43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.
  • Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
  • Job 30:14-15 : 14 As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me] . 15 Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 30:12-15
    4 verses
    79%

    12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

    13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.

    14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me] .

    15Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

  • Ps 17:9
    78%

    9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

  • Ps 118:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

    11They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

    12They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

  • Ps 88:16
    77%

    16Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

  • Ps 88:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. {{Selah

    8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

  • Ps 109:3
    76%

    3They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

  • Jonah 2:5
    75%

    5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

  • Job 19:12
    75%

    12His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.

  • Ps 18:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

    5The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

  • Ps 102:8
    73%

    8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

  • Lam 3:5
    73%

    5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

  • Lam 3:3
    73%

    3Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.

  • Ps 22:16
    73%

    16For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

    6The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

  • Ps 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

    13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

    14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

  • Job 16:10
    73%

    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

  • Ps 88:18
    72%

    18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.

  • Ps 17:11
    72%

    11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.

  • Ps 35:15
    72%

    15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

  • Job 16:13
    72%

    13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

  • Ps 56:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1[For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath]. Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

    2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

  • Job 19:19
    71%

    19All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.

  • Lam 3:53-54
    2 verses
    71%

    53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

    54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

  • Lam 3:14
    71%

    14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

  • Ps 18:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; For they were too mighty for me.

    18They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

  • Ps 55:3
    70%

    3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

  • Lam 3:7
    70%

    7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

  • Ps 142:3
    70%

    3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

  • Lam 3:62
    70%

    62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

  • Lam 3:11
    70%

    11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

  • Lam 1:21
    70%

    21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.

  • Ps 69:2
    69%

    2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

  • 2 Sam 22:19
    69%

    19They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

  • Ps 73:14
    69%

    14For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.