Psalm 88:17

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

Cross-reference

Psalm 42:7 Parallel

Psalm 42:7 uses the same water metaphor — waves and billows going over the psalmist, mirroring being engulfed like a flood.

Psalm 69:1 Parallel

Psalm 69:1 cries 'waters are come in unto my soul' — the same image of drowning in trouble as the flood surrounding in Psalm 88:17.

Psalm 69:2 Parallel

Psalm 69:2 deepens the water imagery — sinking in mire and floods overflowing, just as Psalm 88:17 describes being engulfed.

Psalm 116:3 Parallel

Psalm 116:3 says 'sorrows of death compassed me' — the same verb 'compassed' and theme of being surrounded by deadly troubles.

Psalm 109:3 Parallel

Psalm 109:3 says enemies 'encompass me with words of hatred' — directly parallel to being surrounded by water in Psalm 88:17.

Psalm 118:11 repeats 'they surrounded me' — the same verb and imagery as Psalm 88:17's 'they surrounded me like water'.

Psalm 22:16 Parallel

Psalm 22:16 also uses 'compassed' — enemies surround the sufferer, echoing the flood of troubles in Psalm 88:17.

Job 16:13 Parallel

Job 16:13 says 'his archers compass me round about' — the same 'compass' imagery of being surrounded by God's agents of destruction.

Job 30:14 Parallel

Job 30:14 uses water imagery — 'breaking in of waters' rolling upon him, identical to the flood surrounding in Psalm 88:17.

Lamentations 3:5-7 describes being besieged and walled in by God — mirroring the sense of being surrounded by waters in Psalm 88:17.