¹⁷ Indeed it was for my own peace
That I had great bitterness;
But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

^18 (A)Who is a God like You,
^(B)Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of ^(C)the remnant of His heritage?

⁶ I went down to the ^[a]moorings of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;
Yet You have brought up my ^(A)life from the pit,
O Lord, my God.

³ O Lord, ^(A)You brought my soul up from the grave;
You have kept me alive, ^[a]that I should not go down to the pit.

¹³ For great is Your mercy toward me,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of ^[a]Sheol.

⁴ I am counted with those who ^(A)go^[a] down to the pit;
^(B)I am like a man who has no strength,
^5 [b]Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

² You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people;
You have covered all their sin. Selah