I will never forget your commands, because through them you gave me new life.
You comfort me in my suffering, because your promise gives me new life.
I enjoy your laws. I will not forget your word.
You have been born again. This new life did not come from something that dies. It came from something that cannot die. You were born again through God’s life-giving message that lasts forever.
It is the Spirit that gives life. The body is of no value for that. But the things I have told you are from the Spirit, so they give life.
I lie here like a dying man. Say the word, and I will live again.