saying: “From my distress I cried to Adonai and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I cried for help and you heard my voice.
For waves of death encompassed me. Torrents of Belial overwhelmed me.
I love Adonai, for He hears my voice, my cries.
Because He has turned His ear to me, I will call on Him all my days.
A Song of Ascents. In my trouble I cried out to Adonai, and He answered me.
My God, my soul is downcast within me! Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and from the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mitzar.
Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I have been cut off!”
I called on Your Name, Adonai, from the depths of the Pit.