51
When I see what's happened to the young women in the city, the pain breaks my heart.
52
"Enemies with no reason to be enemies hunted me down like a bird.
53
They threw me into a pit, then pelted me with stones.
54
Then the rains came and filled the pit. The water rose over my head. I said, 'It's all over.'
55
"I called out your name, O God, called from the bottom of the pit.
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