²⁰ The Lord’s anointed,^(A) our very life breath,
    was caught in their traps.^(B)
We thought that under his shadow^(C)
    we would live among the nations.

⁵² Those who were my enemies without cause
    hunted me like a bird.^(A)
53 They tried to end my life in a pit^(B)
    and threw stones at me;
⁵⁴ the waters closed over my head,^(C)
    and I thought I was about to perish.^(D)

⁵⁵ I called on your name, Lord,
    from the depths^(E) of the pit.^(F)

⁸ You have taken from me my closest friends^(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined^(B) and cannot escape;^(C)

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.^(A)