VAFBC Alphae Service: "Help in the Face of an Enemy Attack"

⁵⁵ I called on your name, O Lord,
    from the depths of the pit;
⁵⁶ you heard my plea, ‘Do not close your ear
    to my cry for help, but give me relief!’
⁵⁷ You came near when I called on you;
    you said, ‘Do not fear!’