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54 water closed over my head;
    I said, ‘I am lost.’

55 “I called on thy name, O Lord,
    from the depths of the pit;
56 thou didst hear my plea, ‘Do not close
    thine ear to my cry for help!’[a]

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  1. Lamentations 3:56 Heb uncertain

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

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

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

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

56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

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