2 Samuel 22:5

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For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.

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  • Ps 69:14-15 : 14 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Lord, at an acceptable time. God, in your abundant love, answer me with your salvation, which is sure. 15 Rescue me from the mud, and do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.
  • Jonah 2:3 : 3 He said, 'I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me. From the depths of the grave, I cried out, and You heard my voice.'
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  • Rev 12:15-16 : 15 Then, out of his mouth, the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
  • Rev 17:1 : 1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, 'Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters.'
  • Rev 17:15 : 15 Then he said to me, 'The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.'
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The rivers have lifted up, O LORD, the rivers have lifted up their voice; the rivers lift up their roaring. 4 More than the sounds of many waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty.
  • Isa 59:19 : 19 So they will fear the name of the LORD in the west and His glory in the east, for He will come like a rushing river driven by the breath of the LORD.
  • Jer 46:7-8 : 7 Who is this that rises like the Nile, like rivers that surge and toss about? 8 Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters surge like rivers. It says, 'I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.'
  • Ps 18:4 : 4 I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies.

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    3The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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    6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

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    3He said, 'I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me. From the depths of the grave, I cried out, and You heard my voice.'

    4You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the currents surrounded me. All Your waves and breakers swept over me.

    5I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'

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    3The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

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    1For the choir director: A song to be sung to the tune of 'Lilies.' A psalm of David.

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    7My God, my soul is downcast within me. Therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

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    4Then the waters would have overwhelmed us; the torrent would have swept over our being.

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    4From the voice of the enemy, and from the oppression of the wicked—for they bring down trouble on me and in their anger they hate me.

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    15Rescue me from the mud, and do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.

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    7You have placed me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

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    4I call upon the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.

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    16The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from Your nostrils.

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    14They come in as through a wide breach; chaos rolls in like a wave under the crash of destruction.

    15Terrors are turned upon me; they pursue my dignity like the wind, and my salvation has vanished like a cloud.

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    5The dead tremble beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.

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