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54 ’Round about me and over me, watery darkness closes in.
    I cry out, “I’m drowning! All is lost, lost.”

55 Saying Your name, Eternal One, I called to You
    from the darkness of this pit.
56 Surely You’ve heard me say,
    “Don’t be deaf to my call; bring me relief!”

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

55 I called on your name, Lord,
    from the depths(C) of the pit.(D)
56 You heard my plea:(E) “Do not close your ears
    to my cry for relief.”

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