He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.

My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.

The Lord's shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the Lord appears over the surging water.

For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.

For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

Sprinkle me with water and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.

For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.

I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

Rescue me from the mud! Don't let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!

Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea.

You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.

He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.

He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.

He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers.

Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?"

They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.

As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water.

They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.

Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the Lord sits enthroned in majesty.

They provide water for all the animals in the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish.

He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.

He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert.

The water covered their enemies; not even one of them survived.

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

They witnessed the acts of the Lord, his amazing feats on the deep water.

He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,

As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water.

He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.

who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water!

The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

The raging water would have overwhelmed us.

A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O Lord.

to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,

Reach down from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners,

He then orders it all to melt; he breathes on it, and the water flows.