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OET-LV [fn] surround_me like_the_water all the_day they_have_surrounded on_me altogether.
88:18 Note: KJB: Ps.88.17
UHB 18 סַבּ֣וּנִי כַ֭מַּיִם כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם הִקִּ֖יפוּ עָלַ֣י יָֽחַד׃ ‡
(18 şabūnī kammayim ⱪāl-hayyōm hiqqiyfū ˊālay yāḩad.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT They surround me like water all the day long;
⇔ they have all encircled me.
UST It is as though they surround me like a flood;
⇔ they are closing in on me from all sides.
BSB All day long they engulf me like water;
⇔ they enclose me on every side.
OEB surging around me forever,
⇔ hemming me in altogether.
WEB They came around me like water all day long.
⇔ They completely engulfed me.
NET They surround me like water all day long;
⇔ they join forces and encircle me.
LSV They have surrounded me as waters all the day,
They have gone around against me together,
FBV They surround me all the time like floodwaters, swallowing me up.
T4T I feel as though they surround me like a flood [SIM];
⇔ they are ◄closing in on/crushing► me from all sides.
LEB • they circle about me altogether.
BBE They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.
MOF surging round me without end,
⇔ closing round on every side.
JPS (88-18) They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together.
ASV They came round about me like water all the day long;
⇔ They compassed me about together.
DRA And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.
YLT They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
DBY They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.
RV They came round about me like water all the day long; they compassed me about together.
WBS They came around me daily like water; they encompassed me together.
KJB They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.[fn]
(They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.)
88.17 daily: or, all the day
BB They came rounde about me dayly lyke water: and compassed me altogether on euery syde.
(They came round about me daily like water: and compassed me altogether on every side.)
GNV They came round about me dayly like water, and compassed me together.
(They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together. )
CB They come rounde aboute me daylie like water, and compase me together on euery syde.
(They come round about me daily like water, and compase me together on every side.)
WYC and in thi name thei schulen make ful out ioye al dai; and thei schulen be enhaunsid in thi riytfulnesse.
(and in thy/your name they should make full out joy all dai; and they should be enhaunsid in thy/your riytfulnesse.)
LUT Dein Grimm gehet über mich, dein Schrecken drücket mich.
(Dein Grimm gehet above mich, your Schrecken drücket mich.)
CLV et in nomine tuo exsultabunt tota die, et in justitia tua exaltabuntur.
(and in nomine tuo exsultabunt tota die, and in justitia your exaltabuntur. )
BRN And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
BrLXX καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἀγαλλιάσονται ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, καὶ ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ὑψωθήσονται.
(kai en tōi onomati sou agalliasontai holaʸn taʸn haʸmeran, kai en taʸ dikaiosunaʸ sou hupsōthaʸsontai. )
Ps 88 In this lament, the psalmist sees himself as cast out from God’s presence. At first, he calls on the Lord. When he finds no relief from his suffering, he presents three charges against God (88:6-7, 8-12, 13-17).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
They surround me like water all the day long
(Some words not found in UHB: over,me swept wrath,your terrors,your destroyed,me )
The writer compares God’s “angry actions” and “terrifying deeds” to a flood of water. Alternate translation: “All day long they threaten to destroy me like a flood”
They
(Some words not found in UHB: over,me swept wrath,your terrors,your destroyed,me )
The word “They” refers to God’s “angry actions” and “terrifying deeds” from the previous verse.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
they have all encircled me
(Some words not found in UHB: over,me swept wrath,your terrors,your destroyed,me )
The writer speaks of God’s “angry actions” and “terrifying deeds” as if they were enemies who were trying to capture and kill him. Alternate translation: “they have surrounded me like enemy soldiers”