Lord, I called out to you. I called out from the bottom of the pit.

耶和华啊，我从深牢中求告你的名。

耶和华啊，在极深的地府里，我求告你的名。

耶和华啊，在极深的地府里，我求告你的名。

耶和华啊，我在深渊呼求你的名。

耶和华啊，我从坑的最深处呼求你的名，

耶和華啊，我從深牢中求告你的名。

耶和華啊，在極深的地府裏，我求告你的名。

耶和華啊，在極深的地府裏，我求告你的名。

耶和華啊，我在深淵呼求你的名。

耶和華啊，我從坑的最深處呼求你的名，

『永恆主啊，我從陰坑最低處呼求你的名。

耶和華歟、我自深阱呼籲爾名兮、

我於井中、籲耶和華名兮。

主歟、我於深坑中、呼籲主名、

I called on your name, Lord, from the depths of the pit.

“ I called on your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit;

But I called on your name, Lord, from deep within the pit.

I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.

I called on Your name, Lord, Out of the lowest pit.

I called on Your name, O Lord, From the lowest pit.

I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.

I called on Your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the Pit.

I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit.

I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.

When he received these orders, he put Paul and Silas deep inside the prison. He fastened their feet so they couldn’t get away.About midnight Paul and Silas were praying. They were also singing hymns to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.Suddenly there was a powerful earthquake. It shook the prison from top to bottom. All at once the prison doors flew open. Everyone’s chains came loose.The jailer woke up. He saw that the prison doors were open. He pulled out his sword and was going to kill himself. He thought the prisoners had escaped.“ Don’t harm yourself!” Paul shouted.“ We are all here!”

The ropes of death were wrapped around me. The horrors of the grave came over me. I was overcome by sadness and sorrow.Then I called out to the Lord. I cried out,“ Lord, save me!”

So they took Jeremiah and put him into an empty well. It belonged to Malkijah. He was a member of the royal court. His well was in the courtyard of the guard. Zedekiah’s men lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the well. It didn’t have any water in it. All it had was mud. And Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

So the Lord brought the army commanders of the king of Assyria against them. They took Manasseh as a prisoner. They put a hook in his nose. They put him in bronze chains. And they took him to Babylon.When Manasseh was in trouble, he asked the Lord his God to help him. He made himself very humble in the sight of the God of his people.

Lord, I cry out to you because I’m suffering so deeply.Lord, listen to me. Pay attention to my cry for your mercy.

But Lord, I pray to you. May this be the time you help me. God, answer me because you love me so much. Save me, as you always do.Save me from the trouble I’m in. It’s like slippery mud, so don’t let me sink in it. Save me from those who hate me. Save me from the deep water I’m in.Don’t let the floods cover me. Don’t let the deep water swallow me up. Don’t let the grave close its mouth over me.Lord, answer me because your love is so good. Turn to me because you are so kind.Don’t turn your face away from me. Answer me quickly. I’m in trouble.Come near and save me. Set me free from my enemies.

When I grow weak, you are watching over my life. In the path where I walk, people have hidden a trap to catch me.Look and see that no one is on my right side to help me. No one is concerned about me. I have no place of safety. No one cares whether I live or die.Lord, I cry out to you. I say,“ You are my place of safety. You are everything I need in this life.”Listen to my cry. I am in great need. Save me from those who are chasing me. They are too strong for me.My troubles are like a prison. Set me free so I can praise your name. Then those who do what is right will gather around me because you have been good to me.

He said,“ When I was in trouble, I called out to the Lord. And he answered me. When I was deep in the place of the dead, I called out for help. And you listened to my cry.You threw me deep into the Mediterranean Sea. I was deep down in its waters. They were all around me. All your rolling waves were sweeping over me.I said,‘ I have been driven away from you. But I will look again toward your holy temple in Jerusalem.’

The ropes of the grave were tight around me. Death set its trap in front of me.When I was in trouble, I called out to the Lord. I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice. My cry for help reached his ears.

I was patient while I waited for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.I was sliding down into the pit of death, and he pulled me out. He brought me up out of the mud and dirt. He set my feet on a rock. He gave me a firm place to stand on.