Let me live so I can praise you, and let your laws help me.
Do good to me, your servant, so I can live, so I can obey your word.
Lord, I know that your laws are right and that it was right for you to punish me.
I said, “What good will it do if I die or if I go down to the grave? Dust cannot praise you; it cannot speak about your truth.
The people who are alive are the ones who praise you. They praise you as I praise you today. A father should tell his children that you provide help.
Come to me and listen; listen to me so you may live. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever. I will give you the blessings I promised to David.
We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him. They are the people he called, because that was his plan.
We have small troubles for a while now, but they are helping us gain an eternal glory that is much greater than the troubles.