⁵ The waves^(A) of death swirled about me;
    the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

³ You hurled me into the depths,^(A)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves^(B) and breakers
    swept over me.^(C)

¹⁴ Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.^(A)
15 Do not let the floodwaters^(B) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up^(C)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.^(D)

⁷ “Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?^(A)
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,^(B)
    like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
    I will destroy cities and their people.’^(C)

¹⁹ From the west,^(A) people will fear the name of the Lord,
    and from the rising of the sun,^(B) they will revere his glory.^(C)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
    that the breath^(D) of the Lord drives along.^[a]