51. What I see with my eyes disturbs me deeplybecause of all the young women in my city.
52. “Those who were my enemies for no reason hunted me like a bird.
53. They threw me alive into a pit and threw rocks at me.
54. Water flowed over my head. I thought I was finished.
55. “I call your name from the deepest pit, O Lord.
56. Listen to my cry ⌊for help⌋.Don’t close your ears when I cry out for relief.
57. Be close at hand when I call to you. You told me not to be afraid.
58. Plead my case for me, O Lord. Reclaim my life.
59. Look at the wrong that has been done to me, O Lord.Give me a fair verdict.
60. Look at all their malice, all their plots against me.
61. Listen to their insults, all their plots against me.
62. The words and thoughts of those who attack meare directed against me all day long.
63. Look at them! Whether they are sitting or standing,they make fun of me in their songs.
64. Pay them back, O Lord, for what they deserve,for what their own hands have done.