A vast sweeping tide-it descended below all depths, it ascended above all heights, it Compassed all reaches.
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
And how long ago, Black clouds, rising out Of the distant West, Compassed thee about?
"Russian Lyrics"
Translated by Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi
He tells how the leaders strove to entangle Him and find Him at fault; how they took up stones to stone Him; how they schemed and plotted, and at length Compassed His crucifixion.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods