Psalms 88:17 meaning and explanation
All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
Psalms 88:17, Berean Standard Bible
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In this lament, Heman the Ezrahite speaks to God from a life of unrelieved suffering. The "they" in verse 17 are the terrors and wrath he has just named in verse 16, pictured as floodwaters that keep rising.
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