Lamentations 3:52-58

Complete Jewish Bible

⁵² Those who are my enemies for no reason
hunted me down like a bird.
⁵³ They forced me alive into a pit
and threw stones on me.
⁵⁴ Water rose above my head;
I thought, “I am finished!”

⁵⁵ I called on your name, Adonai,
from the bottom of the pit.
⁵⁶ You heard my voice; don’t close your ear
at my sighs, at my cries.
⁵⁷ You came near when I called to you;
you said, “Don’t be afraid.”

⁵⁸ Adonai, you defended my cause;
you redeemed my life.