"The Lord is my salvation." The assembly of Israel said before the Lord, "I have no salvation but in You, and my eyes have no hope but in You." The Lord said to her, "Since this is so, I will be your savior," as it is written (Isaiah 45:17), "Israel shall be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation." "I was accounted as one of those who go down to the pit; I was as a man without strength. Free among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, and who are cut off from Your hand."...
Israel Cries Out 'My Salvation Is Only in You'
Midrash Tehillim 88:2