¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(A)
    they have completely engulfed me.

¹⁶ Dogs^(A) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce^[a](B) my hands and my feet.

⁵ He has besieged me and surrounded me
    with bitterness^(A) and hardship.^(B)
6 He has made me dwell in darkness
    like those long dead.^(C)

⁷ He has walled me in so I cannot escape;^(D)
    he has weighed me down with chains.^(E)

¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me,
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.^(A)
11 They surrounded me^(B) on every side,^(C)
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
¹² They swarmed around me like bees,^(D)
    but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;^(E)
    in the name of the Lord I cut them down.^(F)

³ The cords of death^(A) entangled me,
    the anguish of the grave came over me;
    I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

⁷ Deep calls to deep^(A)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.^(B)