² I have sunk in deep ^(A)mud, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a ^[a](B)flood overflows me.

³ Then they would have ^(A)swallowed us alive,
When their ^(B)anger was kindled against us;
⁴ Then the ^(C)waters would have flooded over us,
The stream would have ^[a]swept over our souls;