He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, [And] established my steps.

To the Chief Musician. Set to "The Lilies." A Psalm of David. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to [my] neck.

I sink in deep mire, Where [there is] no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.

The waters flowed over my head; I said, "I am cut off!"