Sirach 51:9

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

⁸Then 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.

— Sirach 51:9 —

¹⁰I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the days of my trouble, and in the time of the proud, when there was no help.

¹¹I will praise thy name continually, and will sing praises with thanksgiving; and so my prayer was heard: