²⁰ Terrors^(A) overtake him like a flood;^(B)
    a tempest snatches him away in the night.^(C)

¹⁴ Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.^(A)
15 Do not let the floodwaters^(B) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up^(C)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.^(D)

⁵⁴ the waters closed over my head,^(A)
    and I thought I was about to perish.^(B)

³ You hurled me into the depths,^(A)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves^(B) and breakers
    swept over me.^(C)

⁵ The engulfing waters threatened me,^[a]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.^(A)