Psalms 88:16-18

88:16 Your anger overwhelms me; ¹ 

your terrors destroy me.

88:17 They surround me like water all day long;

they join forces and encircle me. ² 

88:18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; ³ 

those who know me leave me alone in the darkness. ⁴ 

[88:16]  ¹ tn Heb “passes over me.”

[88:17]  ² tn Heb “they encircle me together.”

[88:18]  ³ tn Heb “you cause to be far from me friend and neighbor.”

[88:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “those known by me, darkness.”