Sirach 51:1–2

I will thank Thee, Jahveh, O King,

I will praise Thee, O God of my salvation,

I will declare Thy Name, ⁽Thou⁽ strength of my life;

For Thou hast redeemed my soul from death,

Thou didst keep back my flesh from the Pit,

And from the power of Sheol Thou didst deliver my foot;

Thou didst preserve me from the scourge of a slanderous tongue,

And from the lips of them that turn aside to lies;

Thou wast on my side in the face of those that rose up against me;