From Psalm 124

“…If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Then they would have swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us;

Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream gone over our soul;

Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.”

- from Psalm 124

From Psalm 39

“…I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity…”

- Psalm 39: 2-5