Do not let the flood waters overwhelm me, nor the deep swallow me, nor the pit close its mouth over me.
For their sake he remembered his covenant and relented in his abundant mercy,
But you, Lord, are my Lord, deal kindly with me for your name’s sake; in your great mercy rescue me.
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.
Look upon me, have pity on me, for I am alone and afflicted.
But I walk in my integrity; redeem me, be gracious to me!
Your justice is like the highest mountains; your judgments, like the mighty deep; human being and beast you sustain, Lord.
For the leader. A psalm of David,
I look to you in the sanctuary to see your power and glory.
Those who sit in the gate gossip about me; drunkards make me the butt of songs.
The loving deeds of the Lord I will recall, the glorious acts of the Lord, Because of all the Lord has done for us, the immense goodness to the house of Israel, Which he has granted according to his mercy and his many loving deeds.
And will again have compassion on us, treading underfoot our iniquities? You will cast into the depths of the sea all our sins;