¹⁷ I will not die^(A) but live,
    and will proclaim^(B) what the Lord has done.

¹⁶ Lord, by such things people live;
    and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
    and let me live.^(A)
17 Surely it was for my benefit^(B)
    that I suffered such anguish.^(C)
In your love you kept me
    from the pit^(D) of destruction;
you have put all my sins^(E)
    behind your back.^(F)
18 For the grave^(G) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;^(H)
those who go down to the pit^(I)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.
¹⁹ The living, the living—they praise^(J) you,
    as I am doing today;
parents tell their children^(K)
    about your faithfulness.

²⁰ The Lord will save me,
    and we will sing^(L) with stringed instruments^(M)
all the days of our lives^(N)
    in the temple^(O) of the Lord.

¹⁷ Since my youth, God, you have taught^(A) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.^(B)
18 Even when I am old and gray,^(C)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power^(D) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.^(E)