69 Save me, O God!
    For ^(B)the waters have come up to my neck.^[a]

¹⁴ Deliver me
    from sinking in ^(A)the mire;
^(B)let me be delivered from my enemies
    and from ^(C)the deep waters.
¹⁵ Let not the flood sweep over me,
    or the deep swallow me up,
    or ^(D)the pit close ^(E)its mouth over me.

^2 (A)When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
^(B)when you walk through fire ^(C)you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.

^54 (A)water closed over my head;
    I said, ^(B)‘I am lost.’

^3 (A)For you cast me into the deep,
    into the heart of the seas,
    and the flood surrounded me;
^(B)all your waves and your billows
    passed over me.
^4 (C)Then I said, ‘I am driven away
    from your sight;
^(D)yet I shall again look
    upon your holy temple.’
^5 (E)The waters closed in over me ^(F)to take my life;
    the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head

¹⁷ And I will make justice ^(A)the line,
    and righteousness ^(B)the plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
    and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”

² I sink in deep ^(A)mire,
    where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
    and the flood ^(B)sweeps over me.