All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;