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Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
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A Metaphor for Despair
Commentators explain that the phrase "waters flowed over my head" is a powerful metaphor for being completely overwhelmed by affliction and trouble. As one scholar notes, when waters rise above the head, all hope of survival seems lost, which is why the speaker concludes, "I am cut off."
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Waters flowed over mine head - A figurative expression for great mental trouble.
19th Century
Baptist
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
16th Century
Protestant
He now adds a third comparison—that he had been overwhelmed, as it were, with a flood of evils. This analogy occurs often in Scripture, especially …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Waters flowed over my head As in a pit or dungeon, where there is not only mire and clay, but much water, into which…
The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued …
13th Century
Catholic
This section describes the affliction into which they have fallen.
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