All day long they surround me like a flood. They have closed in all around me.
The ropes of death were wrapped around me. The horrors of the grave came over me. I was overcome by sadness and sorrow.
They would have been like a flood that drowned us. They would have swept over us like a rushing river.
A group of sinful people has closed in on me. They are all around me like a pack of dogs. They have pierced my hands and my feet.
You have sent wave upon wave of trouble over me. It roars down on me like a waterfall. All your waves and breakers have rolled over me.
Judah’s leaders have stolen some land. They have moved their borders farther north. So I will pour out my anger on them like a flood of water.