You have great love for me. You have saved me from death.
Her neighbors and relatives heard how good the Lord was to her, and they rejoiced with her.
because you have saved me from death. You have kept me from being defeated. So I will walk with God in light among the living.
Lord, you saved me from death. You stopped my eyes from crying; you kept me from being defeated.
Your great love reaches to the skies, your truth to the clouds.
God bought my life back from death, and I will continue to enjoy life.’
And you wait for God’s Son, whom God raised from the dead, to come from heaven. He is Jesus, who saves us from God’s angry judgment that is sure to come.
You lifted me out of the grave; you spared me from going down to the place of the dead.
because you will not leave me in the grave. You will not let your holy one rot.
You have brought me close to death; I am almost in the dark place of the dead.
The angel will beg for mercy and say: ‘Save him from death. I have found a way to pay for his life.’
It was for my own good that I had such troubles. Because you love me very much, you did not let me die but threw my sins far away.
God does this to save people from death, to keep them from dying.
They are near death, and their life is almost over.
Your great love reaches to the skies, your truth to the heavens.
Sing praises to the Lord, you who belong to him; praise his holy name.
