¹ Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.^(A)
2 I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.^(B)

¹⁸ They hurt his feet with shackles;
his neck was put in an iron collar.^(A)

² and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big^[a] appetite;

⁵⁴ Water flooded over my head,^(A)
and I thought: I’m going to die!^(B)