(A)The cords of death encompassed me;
    (B)the torrents of destruction assailed me;[a]

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  1. Psalm 18:4 Or terrified me

The cords of death(A) entangled me;
    the torrents(B) of destruction overwhelmed me.

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16 He (A)sent from on high, he took me;
    he (B)drew me out of (C)many waters.

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16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
    he drew me out of deep waters.(A)

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Deep calls to deep
    at the roar of your waterfalls;
(A)all your breakers and your (B)waves
    have gone over me.

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

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Save Me, O God

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Lilies. Of David.

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

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  1. Psalm 69:1 Or waters threaten my life

Psalm 69[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

Save me, O God,
    for the waters(A) have come up to my neck.(B)

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  1. Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.

(A)Stretch out your hand from on high;
    (B)rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
    from the hand (C)of foreigners,

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Reach down your hand from on high;(A)
    deliver me and rescue me(B)
from the mighty waters,(C)
    from the hands of foreigners(D)

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11 or (A)darkness, so that you cannot see,
    and a (B)flood of (C)water covers you.

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11 why it is so dark(A) you cannot see,
    and why a flood of water covers you.(B)

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