47. We have been through disaster and ruin; we live in danger and fear.
48. My eyes flow with rivers of tears at the destruction of my people.
49. “My tears will pour out in a ceaseless stream
50. Until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees us.
51. My heart is grieved when I see what has happened to the women of the city.
52. “I was trapped like a bird by enemies who had no cause to hate me.
53. They threw me alive into a pit and closed the opening with a stone.
54. Water began to close over me, and I thought death was near.
55. “From the bottom of the pit, O Lord, I cried out to you,
56. And when I begged you to listen to my cry, you heard.
57. You answered me and told me not to be afraid.