⁴ The cords of death^(A) entangled me;
    the torrents^(B) of destruction overwhelmed me.

¹⁶ He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
    he drew me out of deep waters.^(A)

⁷ Deep calls to deep^(A)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.^(B)

⁷ Reach down your hand from on high;^(A)
    deliver me and rescue me^(B)
from the mighty waters,^(C)
    from the hands of foreigners^(D)

¹¹ why it is so dark^(A) you cannot see,
    and why a flood of water covers you.^(B)