“Regarding mercy toward miserable people, three more ideas are set forth. First is a prayer for such miserable persons: "I called on thy name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit." Namely, like one existing with difficulties. Second, the mercy from prayer is then referred to: "Thou didst hear my plea, 'Do not close thin…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
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54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
— Lamentations 3:56 —
57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.