For the waters of Nimrim are gone; ¹  the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.

“‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, ¹  planted by water. It was fruitful and full of branches because it was well-watered.

Now ¹  I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are just ²  – the one who is and who was, the Holy One – because you have passed these judgments, ³ 

Then Noah ¹  sent out a dove ²  to see if the waters had receded ³  from the surface of the ground.

The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; ¹  so the grave ²  takes away those who have sinned. ³ 

My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.

You destroyed ¹  the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster ²  in the water.

But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

God called the dry ground “land” ¹  and the gathered waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.

The waters kept on receding ¹  until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. ² 

These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the Lord, and his holiness was maintained ¹  among them.

Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought, at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, ¹  but ²  they took no silver as plunder.

Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink! Deliver me ¹  from those who hate me, from the deep water!

In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. ¹  I tested you at the waters of Meribah. ²  (Selah)

Reach down ¹  from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, ²  from the power of foreigners, ³ 

“These people ¹  have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah ²  and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah. ³ 

the deep waters! ¹  Grain from the Shihor region, ²  crops grown near the Nile ³  she receives; ⁴  she is the trade center ⁵  of the nations.

Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk ¹  along with you. ² 

His feet were like polished bronze ¹  refined ²  in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar ³  of many waters.

Noah ¹  was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed ²  the earth.