Terrors take hold on him, from the sense of his approaching death or judgment. As waters; either,
1. In abundance, one terror after another. Or,
2. Violently and irresistibly, as a river breaking its banks, or a deluge of waters bears down and overwhelms all that is before it. A tempest stealeth him away in the night; God's wrath and judgment cometh upon him forcibly like a tempest, and withal secretly and unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.