“"They have surrounded me like water all the day." The Jews in the waves of persecutions. "They surrounded me together." The Pharisees with the priests. Pilate with the princes and the peoples.”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 65, on Psalm 87 (Alternate Series)
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17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
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15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
— Psalms 88:17 —
18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.