Deep, the

Unfathomed waters, sometimes seen as existing under the earth, held back by God's power. The term is also used of deep seas, and in metaphorical contexts.

Unfathomed waters

Genesis 1:2; Psalm 104:6–9 See also Genesis 7:11, Genesis 49:25; Deuteronomy 33:13; Job 38:16; Psalm 95:4, Psalm 139:15; Proverbs 3:20, Proverbs 8:27–28; Isaiah 7:11; Romans 10:7

Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away — the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them — You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

Deep seas

Exodus 15:5; Jonah 2:3 See also Job 7:12, Job 38:30; Psalm 42:7; Isaiah 44:27, Isaiah 51:10; Habakkuk 3:10; Matthew 18:6; Luke 5:4

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

The deep used metaphorically of a desperate situation

Psalm 18:16 See also 2 Samuel 22:17; Psalm 30:1, Psalm 69:2, Psalm 69:15, Psalm 130:1

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.