¹⁷⁵ Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support.

¹³ Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

¹⁴ So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

³¹ But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

³² But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

²⁸ And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

³ Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.

¹⁹ The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

⁸ We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.

⁹ In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

⁷⁵ I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.

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

¹⁹ Let the doors of righteousness be open to me; I will go in and give praise to the Lord.

¹⁴ Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

¹⁵ O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

⁹ What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

¹⁷ For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;