Sirach 51:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁸ Then I remembered your mercy, O Lord,
    and your kindness^[a] from of old,
for you rescue those who wait for you
    and save them from the hand of their enemies.
⁹ And I sent up my prayer from the earth,
    and begged for rescue from death.
¹⁰ I cried out, ‘Lord, you are my Father;^[b]
    do not forsake me in the days of trouble,
    when there is no help against the proud.