Even though the Lord punished me severely, he did not let me die.
So your descendants will always face the sword that kills because you treated me with contempt and stole Uriah's wife.
In times of famine he will rescue you from death, and in times of war he will save you from the power of the sword.
I sank down to the base of the mountains; the earth barred me in forever. But you, my Lord, my God, brought me back up from the abyss.
But when we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord so that we won't be condemned along with the world.
We are disregarded, even though we are well-known; given up for dead, but we're still alive; lashed, but not killed.