So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

They dropped me alive into a pit
and threw stones at me.

Set

For He will conceal me in His shelter
in the day of adversity;
He will hide me under the cover of His tent;
He will set me high on a rock.

I call to You from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock.

Established

My steps are on Your paths;
my feet have not slipped.

You widen a place beneath me for my steps,
and my ankles do not give way.

A man’s steps are established by the Lord,
and He takes pleasure in his way.

Make my steps steady through Your promise;
don’t let any sin dominate me.

General references

ק QofI called on Your name, Yahweh,
from the depths of the Pit.

The waters engulfed me up to the neck;

the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Those who mourn are blessed,

for they will be comforted.