Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
your light is darkened, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
The cords of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;
Therefore let every one who is godly offer prayer to thee; at a time of distress, in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.
Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts; all thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.
My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
O God, thou hast rejected us, broken our defenses; thou hast been angry; oh, restore us.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou who leadest Joseph like a flock! Thou who art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth
And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
water closed over my head; I said, ‘I am lost.’
And he said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the harlot is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.