^4 (A)The cords of death encompassed me;
    ^(B)the torrents of destruction assailed me;^[a]

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

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

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

^7 (A)Stretch out your hand from on high;
    ^(B)rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
    from the hand ^(C)of foreigners,

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