John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 88:17
They came round about me daily like water ,.... That is, the terrors of the Lord, the sorrows of death and hell, Psalm 18:4 , this was the Messiah's case, when it was with him as is expressed Psalm 69:1 , they compassed me about together ; as waters coming from many places, from all quarters, meet together, and together surround a person or place in such circumstances was Christ, when the bulls of Bashan beset him around, and the assembly of the wicked enclosed him, and innumerable... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 88:16
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me ,.... Or "wraths" F8 חרוניך "irae tuae", Pagninus, Montanus; "furores tui", Musculus, Tigurine version. , burning wrath; the whole of divine wrath, in all its fierceness, due to the sins of his people: these, like the mighty waves of the sea, passed over him, threatening to overwhelm him, Psalm 89:38 , thy terrors have cut me off ; from the presence of God, and out of his sight; as sometimes the Lord's people are ready to imagine, when forsaken by... read more