Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;\par\tab And let thine ordinances help me.
Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day:\par\tab The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, {\i even} to them that are called according to {\i his} purpose.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?\par\tab Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous,\par\tab And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
{\b GIMEL.}\par\par\tab Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live;\par\tab So will I observe thy word.