Psalms 88:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:16 : 16 Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
  • Ps 42:7 : 7 One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
  • Ps 69:1-2 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck. 2 I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away. 11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away. 12 They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.
  • Ps 124:4 : 4 The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.
  • Lam 3:5-7 : 5 He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship. 6 He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago. 7 ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.
  • Matt 27:39-44 : 39 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads 40 and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!” 41 In the same way even the chief priests– together with the experts in the law and elders– were mocking him: 42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him! 43 He trusts in God– let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said,‘I am God’s Son’!” 44 The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.
  • Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; 13 his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
  • Job 30:14-15 : 14 They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in. 15 Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 30:12-15
    4 verses
    79%

    12On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

    13They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them.

    14They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

    15Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

  • Ps 17:9
    78%

    9Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

  • Ps 118:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.

    11They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.

    12They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.

  • Ps 88:16
    77%

    16Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

    6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

  • Ps 88:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)

    8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

  • Ps 109:3
    76%

    3They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.

  • Jonah 2:5
    75%

    5Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

  • Job 19:12
    75%

    12His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent.

  • Ps 18:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

    5The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

  • Ps 102:8
    73%

    8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

  • Lam 3:5
    73%

    5He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.

  • Lam 3:3
    73%

    3He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.

  • Ps 22:16
    73%

    16Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

    6The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

  • Ps 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.

    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

  • Job 16:10
    73%

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

  • Ps 88:18
    72%

    18You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

  • Ps 17:11
    72%

    11They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

  • Ps 35:15
    72%

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Job 16:13
    72%

    13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

  • Ps 56:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

    2Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

  • Job 19:19
    71%

    19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

  • Lam 3:53-54
    2 verses
    71%

    53They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.

    54The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.

  • Lam 3:14
    71%

    14I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.

  • Ps 18:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.

    18They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD helped me.

  • Ps 55:3
    70%

    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • Lam 3:7
    70%

    7ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.

  • Ps 142:3
    70%

    3Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

  • Lam 3:62
    70%

    62My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long.

  • Lam 3:11
    70%

    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Lam 1:21
    70%

    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

  • Ps 69:2
    69%

    2I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

  • 2 Sam 22:19
    69%

    19They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD helped me.

  • Ps 73:14
    69%

    14I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.”