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Save me, God,
    for the waters[a] have reached my neck.(A)
I have sunk into the mire of the deep,
    where there is no foothold.
I have gone down to the watery depths;
    the flood overwhelms me.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 69:2 Waters: the waters of chaos from which God created the world are a common metaphor for extreme distress, cf. Ps 18:5; 42:8; 88:8; Jon 2:3–6.

Your wrath lies heavy upon me;
    all your waves crash over me.(A)
Selah

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You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea,
    and the flood enveloped me;
All your breakers and your billows
    passed over me.(A)

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