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Psalms 88:17

They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 88:18.

סַבּ֣וּנִיsabunibringסָבַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bring”, a completed actionH5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figurativelybring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, rou…כַ֭מַּיִםkhamayimas waterמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַיּ֑וֹםhayomthe as long asיוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…הִקִּ֖יפוּhiqifvcompassנָקַףverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “compass”, a completed actionH5362to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulatecompass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.עָלַ֣יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יָֽחַדyachadalikeיַחַדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alike”, the ordinary formH3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(88-18) They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

Young’s Literal Translation

They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.

Douay-Rheims

And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(88-18) They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκύκλωσάν με ὡς ὕδωρ, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν περιέσχον με ἅμα.