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17 Behold, it was for my own shalom
    that I had great bitterness.
You have loved my soul
    out of the Pit of destruction!
For You have flung all my sins
    behind Your back.
18 For Sheol cannot thank You,
death cannot praise You.
Those who go down to the Pit
    cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living—they praise You—
    as I do today.
A father makes Your faithfulness
    known to his children.

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