The (A)ropes of death encompassed me,
And the (B)torrents of [a]destruction [b]terrified me.

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  1. Psalm 18:4 Or ungodliness; Heb Belial
  2. Psalm 18:4 Or were assailing; or terrifying

The cords of death(A) entangled me;
    the torrents(B) of destruction overwhelmed me.

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I have sunk in deep (A)mud, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a [a](B)flood overflows me.

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  1. Psalm 69:2 Lit flowing stream

I sink in the miry depths,(A)
    where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
    the floods engulf me.

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“Had it not been the Lord who was on our side
When people rose up against us,

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if the Lord had not been on our side
    when people attacked us,

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Then the (A)waters would have flooded over us,
The stream would have [a]swept over our souls;
Then the (B)raging waters would have [b]swept over our souls.”

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  1. Psalm 124:4 Or passed over
  2. Psalm 124:5 Or passed over

the flood(A) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent(B) would have swept over us,
the raging waters
    would have swept us away.

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42 The [a](A)sea has come up over Babylon;
She has been engulfed by its roaring waves.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:42 Or broad river

42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
    its roaring waves(A) will cover her.

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