Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] from my enemies, You that lift me up from the gates of death:

that I may declare all Your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in Your salvation.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to You? Or shall it declare Your truth?

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; [and] my tongue shall joyfully declare Your righteousness.

O Lord, You shall open my lips; and my mouth shall declare Your praise.

The Lord has chastened me sore; but He has not given me up to death.

Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord.

The living shall bless You, as I also [do]; for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare Your righteousness,

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are righteousness, and [that] You in truthfulness have afflicted me.

For the way of the Lord is judgment; we have hoped in Your name, and on the remembrance [of You],

which our soul longs for; my spirit seeks You very early in the morning, O God, for Your commandments are a light on the earth; learn righteousness, you that dwell upon the earth.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

For if we judge ourselves correctly, we would not be judged.

But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, in order that we may not be condemned with the world.

For our momentary light affliction is working out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,