Psalms 40:1-3

My Help and My Deliverer

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 I awaited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and bheard my cry.
2He drew me up from cthe pit of destruction,
out of dthe miry bog,
and eset my feet upon a rock,
fmaking my steps secure.
3He put ga new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will hsee and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.

Jeremiah 38:6-13

6So they took Jeremiah iand cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in jthe court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down kby ropes. lAnd there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and mJeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah Rescued from the Cistern

7When nEbed-melech othe Ethiopian, pa eunuch who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting qin the Benjamin Gate 8 rEbed-melech went from the king’s house and said to the king, 9“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of shunger, tfor there is no bread left in the city.” 10Then the king commanded uEbed-melech the Ethiopian, “Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.” 11So vEbed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern wby ropes. 12Then xEbed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Put the rags and clothes between your armpits and ythe ropes.” Jeremiah did so. 13Then they drew Jeremiah up with zropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the aacourt of the guard.

Lamentations 3:55

55 ab“I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;
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