² When you pass through the waters,^(A)
    I will be with you;^(B)
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,^(C)
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze.^(D)

¹ Out of the depths^(A) I cry to you,^(B) Lord;

⁴ the flood^(A) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent^(B) would have swept over us,
⁵ the raging waters
    would have swept us away.

¹ Deliver me from my enemies, O God;^(B)
    be my fortress against those who are attacking me.^(C)
2 Deliver me from evildoers^(D)
    and save me from those who are after my blood.^(E)