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17They came round about{H8804)} me daily like water; they compassed{H8689)} me about together.
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For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. …
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-18)In these verses, I. The psalmist expostulates with God concerning the present deplorable condition he was in (Ps. 88:10-12): “ Wilt thou do a miraculous work to the dead , and raise them to life again? Shall those that are dead and buried rise up to praise thee ? No; they leave it to their children to rise up in their room to praise God; none expects that they should do it; and wherefore should th…
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