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16 Your burning anger overwhelms me;
    your terrors destroy me.
17 Like waters, they engulf me all day long;
    they surround me on all sides.
18 You caused my friend and neighbor to shun me;[a]
    and my acquaintances are confused.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:18 Lit. be distant from
  2. Psalm 88:18 Lit. are in darkness

16 Your wrath(A) has swept over me;
    your terrors(B) have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood;(C)
    they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend(D) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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