³⁰ Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.

¹³ Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

¹⁷ See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.

²⁴ And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

²⁸ He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

² He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

¹⁷ Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.

¹⁸ The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

⁵ O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.

¹² Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

¹⁸ To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.