“Save me, O God, for the waters have risen to my neck…

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A migrant is rescued from the Mediteranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO some 20 nautical miles north of Libya on October 3, 2016. Thousands of migrants are "racing against the clock" to make the perilous crossing from Libya to Europe before summer ends, with authorities in the conflict-torn country at a loss to stem the flow. / AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS *****I have entered the waters of the deep and the waves overwhelm me. (Psalm 96:3) *****