⁵ And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?

¹ <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.> Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.

² My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

⁵⁴ Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.

² He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.