I will never forget your precepts; through them you give me life.
In your statutes I take delight; I will never forget your word.
My soul clings to the dust; give me life in accord with your word.
This is my comfort in affliction, your promise that gives me life.
It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and abiding word of God,