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The breakers of death surged round about me,
    the menacing floods[a] terrified me;
The cords of Sheol tightened;
    the snares of death lay in wait for me.
In my distress I called out: Lord!
    I cried out to my God;
From his temple[b] he heard my voice,
    my cry reached his ears.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:5–6 Breakers…floods: traditional Old Testament imagery for lethal danger, from which the Lord is uniquely able to rescue; cf. Ps 69:2, 15–16; 89:10–11; Jon 2:3–6.
  2. 22:7 His temple: his heavenly abode.

The waves(A) of death swirled about me;
    the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
The cords of the grave(B) coiled around me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

“In my distress(C) I called(D) to the Lord;
    I called out to my God.
From his temple he heard my voice;
    my cry came to his ears.

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