⁵ For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;

¹⁴ Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.

¹⁵ Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

³ In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.

¹⁵ And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.

¹ And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels came and said to me, Come here, so that you may see the judging of the evil woman who is seated on the great waters;

¹⁵ And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream.

¹⁶ And the earth gave help to the woman, and with open mouth took up the river which the dragon sent out of his mouth.

³ When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

⁷ Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?

⁸ Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.

¹⁹ So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come like a rushing stream, forced on by a wind of the Lord.

³ The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry.

⁴ The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea.

⁴ The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.