"For the wavesof deathencompassedme; The torrentsof destructionoverwhelmedme;
The cordsof deathencompassedme, And the torrentsof ungodlinessterrifiedme.
The LORDwill commandHis lovingkindnessin the daytime;And His songwill be with me in the night,A prayerto the Godof my life.
So they will fearthe nameof the LORDfrom the westAnd His gloryfrom the risingof the sun,For He will comelike a rushingstreamWhich the windof the LORDdrives.
"For You had castme into the deep,Into the heartof the seas,And the currentengulfedme. AllYour breakersand billowspassedoverme.
"But whenyou seeJerusalemsurroundedby armies,thenrecognizethat her desolationis near.
Whilethey are saying,"Peaceand safety!"thendestructionwill comeupon them suddenlylikelabor painsupon a woman with child,and they will not escape.
Thenoneof the sevenangelswho hadthe sevenbowlscameand spokewith me, saying,"Come here,I will showyou the judgmentof the greatharlotwho sitson manywaters,
And he saidto me, "The waterswhichyou sawwherethe harlotsits,are peoplesand multitudesand nationsand tongues.