Psalm 154

Slightly modified from W. Wright, Some Apocryphal Psalms in Syriac, Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, vol. 9 (1886-7) pp.257-258, 264-6

(1) O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer.
(2) Shall I go down to Hell by the mouth of the lion?  Or shall the wolf confound me?
(3) Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul?
(4) Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may rehearse Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name:
(5) when You have delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You have rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts.
(6) Quickly, O my Lord, send before You a deliverer, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.