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.”
⁵⁷ You came near^(G) when I called you,
    and you said, “Do not fear.”^(H)

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)