⁵⁴ the waters closed over my head,^(A)
    and I thought I was about to perish.^(B)

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)
4 I said, ‘I have been banished
    from your sight;^(D)
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.’^(E)
5 The engulfing waters threatened me,^[a]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.^(F)

¹⁸ So I say, “My splendor is gone
    and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”^(A)

¹⁰ I said, “In the prime of my life^(A)
    must I go through the gates of death^(B)
    and be robbed of the rest of my years?^(C)”
¹¹ I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself^(D)
    in the land of the living;^(E)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.
¹² Like a shepherd’s tent^(F) my house
    has been pulled down^(G) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled^(H) up my life,
    and he has cut me off from the loom;^(I)
    day and night^(J) you made an end of me.
¹³ I waited patiently^(K) till dawn,
    but like a lion he broke^(L) all my bones;^(M)
    day and night^(N) you made an end of me.

¹⁵ Do not let the floodwaters^(A) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up^(B)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.^(C)