Lamentations 3:54-56

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵⁴Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

⁵⁵Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.

⁵⁶Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.

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.”

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)

New International Version (NIV)