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Your wrath lies heavy upon me;
    all your waves crash over me.(A)
Selah

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You have taken from me my closest friends(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(B) and cannot escape;(C)

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Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

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[a]The flood has raised up, Lord;
    the flood has raised up its roar;
    the flood has raised its pounding waves.
More powerful than the roar of many waters,
    more powerful than the breakers of the sea,
    powerful in the heavens is the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 93:3 The flood: the primordial sea was tamed by God in the act of creation. It is a figure of chaos and rebellion, cf. Ps 46:4.

The seas(A) have lifted up, Lord,
    the seas have lifted up their voice;(B)
    the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.(C)
Mightier than the thunder(D) of the great waters,
    mightier than the breakers(E) of the sea—
    the Lord on high is mighty.(F)

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The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

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I was caught by the cords of death;[a](A)
    the snares of Sheol had seized me;
    I felt agony and dread.
Then I called on the name of the Lord,
    “O Lord, save my life!”

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Footnotes

  1. 116:3 The cords of death: death is personified here; it attempts to capture the psalmist with snares and nets, cf. Ps 18:6.

The cords of death(A) entangled me,
    the anguish of the grave came over me;
    I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
Then I called on the name(B) of the Lord:
    Lord, save me!(C)

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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

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