Lamentations 3:54-56

American Standard Version

⁵⁴Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

⁵⁵I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.
⁵⁶Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Lamentations 3:54-56

New International Version

⁵⁴the waters closed over my head,^(A)
and I thought I was about to perish.^(B)

⁵⁵I called on your name, Lord,
from the depths^(C) of the pit.^(D)
⁵⁶You heard my plea:^(E) “Do not close your ears
to my cry for relief.”

American Standard Version (ASV)

New International Version (NIV)