You threw me ¹  into the deep waters, ²  into the middle ³  of the sea; ⁴  the ocean current ⁵  engulfed ⁶  me; all the mighty waves ⁷  you sent ⁸  swept ⁹  over me.

The Jewish leaders ¹  surrounded him and asked, ²  “How long will you keep us in suspense? ³  If you are the Christ, ⁴  tell us plainly.” ⁵ 

They were having a good time, ¹  when suddenly ²  some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, ³  surrounded the house and kept beating ⁴  on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, “Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him.” ⁵ 

The waves of death engulfed me; the currents ¹  of chaos ²  overwhelmed me. ³ 

The ropes of Sheol ¹  tightened around me; ²  the snares of death trapped me. ³ 

They surround me and say hateful things; ¹  they attack me for no reason.

They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered. ¹  They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left intact, ²  but the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

Yes, ¹  wild dogs surround me – a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet. ² 

The Gazites were told, ¹  “Samson has come here!” So they surrounded the town ²  and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. ³  They relaxed ⁴  all night, thinking, ⁵  “He will not leave ⁶  until morning comes; ⁷  then we will kill him!”

the hangings of the courtyard, ¹  the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard that surrounded the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, plus all the service connected with these things. ² 

There was once ¹  a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging ²  it and building strong ³  siege works against it.

They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will be among ruined cities.

“Assyria is there with all her assembly around her grave, ¹  all of them struck down by the sword. ² 

They do not realize ¹  that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me. ² 

But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back ¹  into the city. On ²  the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. ³ 

Surely mockery ¹  is with me; ²  my eyes must dwell on their hostility. ³ 

That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,

They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me. ¹ 

“How long must I see the enemy’s battle flags and hear the military signals of their bugles?” ¹ 

While ¹  the Pharisees ²  were assembled, Jesus asked them a question: ³