Lamentations 3:52-57

52Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.

53They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;

54the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.

55I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.

56You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.”

57You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”