Psalm 18:4

English Standard Version

⁴^(A)The cords of death encompassed me;
^(B)the torrents of destruction assailed me;^[a]

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Psalm 18:4 Or terrified me

Psalm 18:16-19

English Standard Version

¹⁶He ^(A)sent from on high, he took me;
    he ^(B)drew me out of ^(C)many waters.
¹⁷He rescued me from my strong enemy
    and from those who hated me,
    for they were ^(D)too mighty for me.
¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
    but the Lord was my support.
¹⁹He brought me out into ^(E)a broad place;
    he rescued me, because he ^(F)delighted in me.

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Psalm 32:6-7

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⁶Therefore let everyone who is ^(A)godly
    offer prayer to you at a time when you ^(B)may be found;
surely in the rush of ^(C)great waters,
    they shall not reach him.
⁷You are a ^(D)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from ^(E)trouble;
    you surround me with ^(F)shouts of deliverance. Selah

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Psalm 69:1-3

English Standard Version

Save Me, O God

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)Lilies. Of David.

69 Save me, O God!
    For ^(B)the waters have come up to my neck.^[a]
²I sink in deep ^(C)mire,
    where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
    and the flood ^(D)sweeps over me.
³^(E)I am weary with my crying out;
    ^(F)my throat is parched.
^(G)My eyes grow dim
    with ^(H)waiting for my God.

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Psalm 69:1 Or waters threaten my life

Psalm 69:14-15

English Standard Version

¹⁴Deliver me
    from sinking in ^(A)the mire;
^(B)let me be delivered from my enemies
    and from ^(C)the deep waters.
¹⁵Let not the flood sweep over me,
    or the deep swallow me up,
    or ^(D)the pit close ^(E)its mouth over me.