5 " almost died [PRS]; it was like [MET] a huge wave had crashed over me,

and almost destroyed me like a flood.

6 I thought that I would die; it was as though death wrapped ropes around me;

it was as though I was in a trap where I would surely die. [PRS, MET]

7 But when I was ◄very distressed/in great trouble►, I called out to you, Yahweh;

I cried out to you, my God.

And from your temple you heard me;

you listened when I called to you to help me.