# General Information:

In these two verses the author compares the enemies of Israel to a flood of water.

# The water would have swept us away ... would have drowned us

This continues the hypothetical statement from the previous verse. It describes a result that did not happen, because Yahweh was actually on their side. Alternate translation: "The water did not sweep us away ... did not drown us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])

# The water ... the torrent ... the raging waters

These phrases mean the same thing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# swept us away ... overwhelmed us ... drowned us

These phrases mean the same thing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# The water would have swept us away

Here the enemies of the writer are spoken of as if they were a flood of water. Alternate translation: "Our enemies would have easily defeated us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the torrent would have overwhelmed us

Here the enemies of the writer are spoken of as if they were a flood of water that would have drowned the Israelites. Alternate translation: "our enemies would have overwhelmed us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])