⁵³ They tried to end my life in a pit^(A)
    and threw stones at me;
⁵⁴ the waters closed over my head,^(B)
    and I thought I was about to perish.^(C)

⁵⁵ I called on your name, Lord,
    from the depths^(D) of the pit.^(E)
56 You heard my plea:^(F) “Do not close your ears
    to my cry for relief.”

¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.^(A)

¹⁵ Though he slay me, yet will I hope^(A) in him;^(B)
    I will surely^[a] defend my ways to his face.^(C)

¹⁶ Lord, they came to you in their distress;^(A)
    when you disciplined^(B) them,
    they could barely whisper^(C) a prayer.^[a]

¹⁵ and call^(A) on me in the day of trouble;^(B)
    I will deliver^(C) you, and you will honor^(D) me.”