Sirach 51:7-9

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ They surrounded me on every side,
    and there was no one to help me;
I looked for the assistance of men,
    and there was none.
⁸ Then I remembered thy mercy, O Lord,
    and thy work from of old,
that thou dost deliver those who wait for thee
    and dost save them from the hand of their enemies.
⁹ And I sent up my supplication from the earth,
    and prayed for deliverance from death.