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.

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.

² When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.

¹ <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.> My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

⁷ Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

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.

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 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.

⁴ For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

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

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

¹⁷ And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.

¹ <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.

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.

¹ <To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David. For teaching. When he was fighting against Aram-naharaim and Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put twelve thousand of the Edomites to death, in the Valley of Salt.> God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again.

⁶ For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

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

¹¹ Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.