Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:17:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “All day they surround me like a flood;
  they have drowned me completely.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “They have besieged me the whole day like a flooding river,
  They cover me up from all directions.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “that always engulfs me like a flood;
  (it) seems-as-if they entrap me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “They surrounded me all day like flood,
  they surrounded me and the way disappeared that I go.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Yamenizunguka kama vile maji, usiku na mchana,
  yamenizunguka pande zote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “I feel as though they surround me like a flood;
  they are closing in on/crushing me from all sides.” (Source: Translation for Translators)