¹⁸ Surely you place them on slippery ground;^(A)
    you cast them down to ruin.^(B)

¹⁷ Surely it was for my benefit^(A)
    that I suffered such anguish.^(B)
In your love you kept me
    from the pit^(C) of destruction;
you have put all my sins^(D)
    behind your back.^(E)

⁸ They will bring you down to the pit,^(A)
    and you will die a violent death^(B)
    in the heart of the seas.^(C)