²⁴ and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit `is' empty, there is no water in it.

⁶ And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that `is' in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.

⁷ For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

² And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.

⁶ Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

⁸ Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.

¹ A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah.

² Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications.

⁵² Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.

⁵³ They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.

⁵⁴ Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

⁵⁵ I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.

²⁰ The breath of our nostrils -- the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: `In his shadow we do live among nations.'

¹¹ Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.