Psalms 88:17

World English Bible (2000)

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
  • Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
  • Ps 69:1-2 : 1 Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off. 11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off. 12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.
  • 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 gall and travail. 6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. 7 He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.
  • Matt 27:39-44 : 39 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging 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 the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said, 42 "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" 44 The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
  • Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target. 13 His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.
  • Job 30:14-15 : 14 As through a wide breach they come, in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves in. 15 Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has 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%

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

    13 They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, without anyone's help.

    14 As through a wide breach they come, in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves in.

    15 Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.

  • Ps 17:9
    78%

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

  • Ps 118:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off.

    11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.

    12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.

  • Ps 88:16
    77%

    16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

  • Ps 88:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

    8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.

  • Ps 109:3
    76%

    3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

  • Jonah 2:5
    75%

    5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

  • Job 19:12
    75%

    12 His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.

  • Ps 18:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

    5 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

  • Ps 102:8
    73%

    8 My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

  • Lam 3:5
    73%

    5 He has built against me, and surrounded me with gall and travail.

  • Lam 3:3
    73%

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

  • Ps 22:16
    73%

    16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

    6 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

  • Ps 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12 Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

    13 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

    14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.

  • Job 16:10
    73%

    10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

  • Ps 88:18
    72%

    18 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.

  • Ps 17:11
    72%

    11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

  • Ps 35:15
    72%

    15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease.

  • Job 16:13
    72%

    13 His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.

  • Ps 56:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

    2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

  • Job 19:19
    71%

    19 All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

  • Lam 3:53-54
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Lam 3:14
    71%

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

  • Ps 18:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

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

    18 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

  • Ps 55:3
    70%

    3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

  • Lam 3:7
    70%

    7 He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.

  • Ps 142:3
    70%

    3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

  • Lam 3:62
    70%

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

  • Lam 3:11
    70%

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

  • Lam 1:21
    70%

    21 They 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 proclaimed, and they shall be like me.

  • Ps 69:2
    69%

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

  • 2 Sam 22:19
    69%

    19 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

  • Ps 73:14
    69%

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