Sirach 51:8-10

Revised Standard Version

⁸ Then I remembered thy mercy, O Lord,
    and thy work from of old,
that thou dost deliver those who wait for thee
    and dost save them from the hand of their enemies.
⁹ And I sent up my supplication from the earth,
    and prayed for deliverance from death.
¹⁰ I appealed to the Lord, the Father of my lord,
    not to forsake me in the days of affliction,
    at the time when there is no help against the proud.