52. My enemies hunted me down like a bird, relentlessly, for no reason.
53. They caught me alive in a pit and threw stones at me;
54. water flowed over my head. I thought: I’m finished.
55. I call on your name, Lord, from the depths of the pit.
56. Hear my voice. Don’t close your ear to my need for relief, to my cry for help.
57. Come near to me on the day I call to you. Say to me, "Don’t be afraid."
58. My Lord! Plead my desperate case; redeem my life.
59. Lord, look at my mistreatment; judge my cause.
60. Look at all of my enemies’ vengeance, all of their scheming against me.
61. Hear their jeering, Lord, all of their scheming against me,