it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves
then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven in
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?