Be merciful to me, O LORD! See the sufferings my enemies cause me! Rescue me from death, O LORD,

that I may stand before the people of Jerusalem and tell them all the things for which I praise you. I will rejoice because you saved me.

"What will you gain from my death? What profit from my going to the grave? Are dead people able to praise you? Can they proclaim your unfailing goodness?

Spare my life, O God, and save me, and I will gladly proclaim your righteousness.

Help me to speak, Lord, and I will praise you.

He has punished me severely, but he has not let me die.

Open to me the gates of the Temple; I will go in and give thanks to the LORD!

It is the living who praise you, As I praise you now. Parents tell their children how faithful you are.

I know that your judgments are righteous, LORD, and that you punished me because you are faithful.

We follow your will and put our hope in you; you are all that we desire.

At night I long for you with all my heart; when you judge the earth and its people, they will all learn what justice is.

We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.

If we would examine ourselves first, we would not come under God's judgment.

But we are judged and punished by the Lord, so that we shall not be condemned together with the world.

And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble.