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they caused waters to overflow, covering my head

"the level of the water in the pit rose up over my head"

I have been cut off

Being "cut off" often represents being killed. Here it represents dying very soon. Alternate translation: "I am about to die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)