Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 18:4:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “The ropes of death surrounded me;
  the running rivers of destruction terrified me a lot.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “I got tangled up in the rope of death.
  I was swept away by a river of trouble.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “Death seems like a cord/rope that entangles me and like a trap/snare on my way/path.
  Destruction seems like a strong flood/that covers/washes-over me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru:
  “It is like a knotted string grasping strongly my neck nearing death. The thing that wants to kill me never ceases.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “The ropes of death tied me
  and flood of death rolled me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Kamba za kifo zilinizunguka,
  mafuriko ya maangamizi yalinikuta.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “All around me were dangerous situations in which I might be killed;
  it was as though there were huge waves that almost crashed on me and killed me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)