⁶ when my nights were filled with joyful songs.
    I search my soul and ponder the difference now.

⁸ But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me,
    and through each night I sing his songs,
    praying to God who gives me life.

⁴ Don’t sin by letting anger control you.
    Think about it overnight and remain silent. Interlude

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ Point out anything in me that offends you,
    and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

¹⁷ Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
    and there are no grapes on the vines;
even though the olive crop fails,
    and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields,
    and the cattle barns are empty,
¹⁸ yet I will rejoice in the Lord!
    I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

⁴⁰ Instead, let us test and examine our ways.
    Let us turn back to the Lord.

¹⁰ Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator,
    the one who gives songs in the night?