They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
Waters - (so 2 Samuel 5:20). But it is better to retain the image of Job 30:12-13. "They came (upon me) as through a wide breach" - namely, made by the besiegers in the wall of a fortress (Isaiah 30:13). (Maurer.)
In the desolation - `amidst the crash' of falling masonry: or, 'with a shout like the crash' of, etc.