52. SADE. My enemies have chased me, and they have caught me like a bird, without reason.
53. SADE. My life has fallen into a pit, and they have placed a stone over me.
54. SADE. The waters have flooded over my head. I said, "I am lost."
55. COPH. I called upon your name, O Lord, from the furthest pit.
56. COPH. You have heard my voice. Do not turn away your ear from my sobbing and my cries.
57. COPH. You drew near in the daytime, when I called upon you. You said, "Fear not."
58. RES. You have judged, O Lord, the case of my soul. You are the Redeemer of my life.
59. RES. You have seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me. Judge my case.
60. RES. You have seen all their fury, every one of their thoughts is against me.
61. SIN. You have heard their reproach, O Lord, all their thoughts are against me.
62. SIN. The lips of those who rise up against me, and their meditations, are against me all day long.
63. SIN. Watch their sitting down and their rising up: I am their psalm.
64. THAU. You shall pay a recompense to them, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.