Psalms 88:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

They came around me daily like water; they have encircled me together.

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  • Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls: all Your waves and billows have gone over me.
  • Ps 69:1-2 : 1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no footing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell took hold of me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 12 They surrounded me like bees; they are quenched like the fire of thorns, for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
  • Ps 124:4 : 4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul:
  • Lam 3:5-7 : 5 He has built against me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 6 He has set me in dark places, like those long dead. 7 He has hedged me in so I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.
  • Matt 27:39-44 : 39 And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, 40 And saying, You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 The thieves also, who were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
  • Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was at ease, but he has broken me apart; he has also seized me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up as his target. 13 His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.
  • Job 30:14-15 : 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind, and my welfare passes away like 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 youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

    13They mar my path, they advance my calamity, they have no helper.

    14They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

    15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind, and my welfare passes away like a cloud.

  • Ps 17:9
    78%

    9From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

  • Ps 118:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10All nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

    11They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

    12They surrounded me like bees; they are quenched like the fire of thorns, for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

  • Ps 88:16
    77%

    16Your fierce wrath goes over me; your terrors have cut me off.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5Every day they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.

  • Ps 88:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

    8You have put my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

  • Ps 109:3
    76%

    3They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.

  • Jonah 2:5
    75%

    5The waters surrounded me, even to my soul: the depths closed in around me, the seaweed was wrapped around my head.

  • Job 19:12
    75%

    12His troops come together and raise up their way against me, and encamp around my tent.

  • Ps 18:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

    5The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me.

  • Ps 102:8
    73%

    8My enemies reproach me all day long; those who are mad against me are sworn against me.

  • Lam 3:5
    73%

    5He has built against me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

  • Lam 3:3
    73%

    3Surely against me He is turned; He turns His hand against me all day long.

  • Ps 22:16
    73%

    16For dogs have surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

    6The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;

  • Ps 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12Many bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

    13They gaped at me with their mouths, like a ravening and 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 gape upon me with their mouth; they strike me on the cheek reproachfully; they gather themselves together against me.

  • Ps 88:18
    72%

    18Lover and friend have you put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness.

  • Ps 17:11
    72%

    11They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth.

  • Ps 35:15
    72%

    15But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; yes, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me, and did not cease:

  • Job 16:13
    72%

    13His archers surround me, he cleaves my entrails asunder and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

  • Ps 56:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he fights against me daily oppressing me.

    2My enemies would daily swallow me up, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.

  • Job 19:19
    71%

    19All my close friends abhorred me; and those whom I loved have turned against me.

  • Lam 3:53-54
    2 verses
    71%

    53They cut off my life in the pit and threw a stone upon me.

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

  • Lam 3:14
    71%

    14I was a ridicule to all my people; their song all the day.

  • Ps 18:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me: for they were too strong for me.

    18They confronted me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my support.

  • 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 wrath they hate me.

  • Lam 3:7
    70%

    7He has hedged me in so I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.

  • Ps 142:3
    70%

    3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. In the way where I walked, they secretly laid a snare for me.

  • Lam 3:62
    70%

    62The lips of those who rose up against me, and their plot against me all day long.

  • Lam 3:11
    70%

    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Lam 1:21
    70%

    21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: you will bring the day that you have promised, and they shall be like me.

  • Ps 69:2
    69%

    2I sink in deep mire, where there is no footing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

  • 2 Sam 22:19
    69%

    19They confronted me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my support.

  • Ps 73:14
    69%

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