8 Bible Verses about Water, As A Symbol Of Affliction

He sent from on high and fetched me, and plucked me out of mighty waters.

They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together on every side.

One deep calleth another with the voice of thy water-pipes, all thy waves and water floods are gone over me.

{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, of David} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in, even unto my soul.

And though the LORD giveth you the bread of adversity, and the water of trouble, thine instructor flyeth not far from thee; if thine eyes look unto thine instructor,

If thou goest through the water, I will be with thee, that the strong floods should not pluck thee away. When thou walkest in the fire, it shall not burn thee, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.

When the thirsty and poor seek water, and find none, and when their tongue is dry of thirst: I give it them, sayeth the LORD. I, the God of Israel, forsake them not.

For at his word, the stormy wind ariseth, and lifteth up the waves thereof. They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep; their soul melteth away in the trouble. They reel to and fro, they stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.read more.
So when they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, he delivereth them out of their distress. He maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves are still.