<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">&#8220;You say,<n id="2" /> &#8216;He is foam<n id="3" /> on the face of the waters;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">their portion of the land is cursedp> <p class="poetry">so that no one goes to their vineyard.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">He marks out the horizon<n id="1" /> on the surface of the watersp> <p class="poetry">as a boundary between light and darkness.p>

<p class="poetry">He shrouded himself in darkness,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in thick rain clouds.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The depths<n id="1" /> of the sea<n id="2" /> were exposed;p> <p class="poetry">the inner regions<n id="3" /> of the world were uncoveredp> <p class="poetry">by<n id="4" /> your battle cry,<n id="5" /> <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">by the powerful breath from your nose.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s shout is heard over the water;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the majestic God thunders,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> appears over the surging water.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let them disappear<n id="1" /> like water that flows away!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them wither like grass!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the tune of &#8220;Lilies;&#8221;<n id="2" /> by David.p> <p class="poetry">Deliver me, O God,p> <p class="poetry">for the water has reached my neck.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I sink into the deep mirep> <p class="poetry">where there is no solid ground;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am in<n id="2" /> deep water,p> <p class="poetry">and the current overpowers me.p>

<p class="poetry">Rescue me from the mud! Don&#8217;t let me sink!p> <p class="poetry">Deliver me<n id="1" /> from those who hate me,p> <p class="poetry">from the deep water!p>

<p class="poetry">The clouds poured down rain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the skies thundered.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Yes, your arrows<n id="3" /> flashed about.p>

<p class="poetry">Above the sound of the surging water,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the mighty waves of the sea,p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> sits enthroned in majesty.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The words of a person&#8217;s mouth are like<n id="1" /> deep waters,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and<n id="3" /> the fountain of wisdom<n id="4" /> is like<n id="5" /> a flowing brook.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">The king&#8217;s heart<n id="1" /> is in the hand<n id="2" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> like channels of water;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he turns it wherever he wants.p>

<p class="poetry">If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,p> <p class="poetry">and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,p>

<p class="poetry">Like cold water to a weary person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is good news from a distant land.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">the grave,<n id="1" /> the barren womb,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">land that is not satisfied with water,p> <p class="poetry">and fire that never says, &#8220;Enough!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I constructed pools of water for myself,p> <p class="poetry">to irrigate my grove<n id="1" /> of flourishing trees.p>

<p class="poetry">His eyes are like doves by streams of water,p> <p class="poetry">washed in milk, mounted like jewels.p>

<p class="poetry">For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither,p> <p class="poetry">like an orchard<n id="1" /> that is unwatered.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and covered with pools of stagnant water.p> <p class="poetry">I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies.p>