Psalm 30:8-12

Common English Bible

⁸ I cried out to you, Lord.
    I begged my Lord for mercy:
⁹ “What is to be gained by my spilled blood,
    by my going down into the pit?
Does dust thank you?
    Does it proclaim your faithfulness?
¹⁰ Lord, listen and have mercy on me!
    Lord, be my helper!”

¹¹ You changed my mourning into dancing.
    You took off my funeral clothes
        and dressed me up in joy
¹²     so that my whole being
    might sing praises to you and never stop.
Lord, my God, I will give thanks to you forever.