1. I will extol you, Lord, for you have raised me up,and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2. Lord my God, I cried to you,and you have healed me.
3. Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4. Sing praise to the Lord, you holy ones of his.Give thanks to his holy name.
5. For his anger is but for a moment.His favour is for a lifetime.Weeping may stay for the night,but joy comes in the morning.
6. As for me, I said in my prosperity,“I shall never be moved.”
7. You, Lord, when you favoured me, made my mountain stand strong;but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
8. I cried to you, Lord.I made supplication to the Lord:
9. “What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?Shall the dust praise you?Shall it declare your truth?