Ben Sira 51:7

7 They compassed me about on every side, and there was no man to help me; I looked for the succor of men, but there was none.

Ben Sira 51:7 In-Context

5 from the depth of the belly of hell, from an unclean tongue and from lying words.

6 By an accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue, my soul drew near even unto death; my life was near to the hell beneath.

7 They compassed me about on every side, and there was no man to help me; I looked for the succor of men, but there was none.

8 Then thought I upon Thy mercy, O Lord, and upon Thy acts of old, how Thou deliverest such as wait for Thee, and savest them out of the hands of the enemies.

9 Then lifted I up my supplication from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death.