Psalms 88:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃

Transliteration

Over-me ʿāvərû ḥărônêkā biʿûtêkā ṣimmətûtunî

Grammar Details

*ʿāvərû*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they pass over
*ḥărônêkā*: noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your burning angers
*biʿûtêkā*: noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your terrors
*ṣimmətûtunî*: verb, Piel perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they have destroyed me

Word Meanings

*ʿāvərû*: they pass over/sweep over/overwhelm
*ḥărônêkā*: your burning angers/fierce wrath/indignations
*biʿûtêkā*: your terrors/alarms/horrors
*ṣimmətûtunî*: they have destroyed me/cut me off/overwhelmed me/silenced me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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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.

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