¹⁷ Surely it was for my benefit^(A)
    that I suffered such anguish.^(B)
In your love you kept me
    from the pit^(C) of destruction;
you have put all my sins^(D)
    behind your back.^(E)
18 For the grave^(F) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;^(G)
those who go down to the pit^(H)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.

¹³ For great is your love toward me;
    you have delivered me^(A) from the depths,
    from the realm of the dead.^(B)

¹⁰ because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,^(A)
    nor will you let your faithful^[a] one^(B) see decay.^(C)

⁴ I said, ‘I have been banished
    from your sight;^(A)
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.’^(B)
5 The engulfing waters threatened me,^[a]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.^(C)
6 To the roots of the mountains^(D) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.^(E)

⁸ For you, Lord, have delivered me^(A) from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling,

²⁰ Though you have made me see troubles,^(A)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore^(B) my life again;
from the depths of the earth^(C)
    you will again bring me up.

¹³ For you have delivered me from death^(A)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.^(B)