And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice.
Sade. Waters have flowed over my head. I said: I am cut off.
For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.
Alleluia. O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.
I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.
Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.