en_tn/psa/088/017.md

They

The word "They" refers to God's terrifying acts of anger.

They surround me like water all the day long

AT: "All day long they threaten to destroy me like a flood" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

they have all encircled me

AT: "They have surrounded me like enemy soldiers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

every friend and acquaintance

AT: "every person I love, or even know slightly" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)

My only acquaintance is the darkness

(See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)