When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

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The waves(A) of death swirled about me;
    the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
The cords of the grave(B) coiled around me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

“In my distress(C) I called(D) to the Lord;
    I called out to my God.
From his temple he heard my voice;
    my cry came to his ears.

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