What does dreaming about drowning mean in the Bible?

"The waters have come up to my neck" — the psalmist knew the drowning feeling long before dream dictionaries did. It is the language of being overwhelmed. The same psalms answer it: He reached down and drew me out of deep waters. Being in over your head is exactly where His rescue operates. In the SoulGuide Dream Guide, drowning is filed under actions & events — one of 54 symbols in the guide — and is answered with 3 King James Version passages quoted in full: Psalms 69:1, Psalms 18:16, Isaiah 43:2. Each passage below carries a short note explaining why it applies to drowning, so the entry can be read on its own without the rest of the guide.

“Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.”

“He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.”

“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”