Everything I fear and dread comes true.

I have no peace, no rest, and my troubles never end.

I always expected to live a long life and to die at home in comfort.

I felt secure and said to myself, "I will never be defeated."

You were good to me, LORD; you protected me like a mountain fortress. But then you hid yourself from me, and I was afraid.

you kept me from the grave. I was on my way to the depths below, but you restored my life.

He pulled me out of a dangerous pit, out of the deadly quicksand. He set me safely on a rock and made me secure.

How great is your constant love for me! You have saved me from the grave itself.

I am like all others who are about to die; all my strength is gone.

You have thrown me into the depths of the tomb, into the darkest and deepest pit.

I went down to the very roots of the mountains, into the land whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O LORD my God, brought me back from the depths alive.

And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.

The wicked are proud and persecute the poor; catch them in the traps they have made.

You have forgiven your people's sins and pardoned all their wrongs.

None of them will have to teach a neighbor to know the LORD, because all will know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. I, the LORD, have spoken."

There is no other god like you, O LORD; you forgive the sins of your people who have survived. You do not stay angry forever, but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love.

You will be merciful to us once again. You will trample our sins underfoot and send them to the bottom of the sea!