Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:54:

• Kupsabiny: “Water covered my head
  until I thought that I was going to die.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The water covered my head.
  I thought, "I am going to die now."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “As-if I am drowned in water, and I thought I will- now -die.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The water in the pit rose above my head,
  and I said to myself, ‘I am about to die/drown!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)