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17 Look, my troubles are gone!
    I now have peace.
You love me very much.
    You did not let me rot in the grave.
You took my sins
    and threw them away.
18 The dead cannot praise you.
    People in Sheol cannot sing praises to you.
Those who have died and gone below
    are not trusting in your faithfulness.
19 People who are alive, people like me,
    are the ones who will praise you.
    Fathers should tell their children about how faithful you are.

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17 Surely it was for my benefit(A)
    that I suffered such anguish.(B)
In your love you kept me
    from the pit(C) of destruction;
you have put all my sins(D)
    behind your back.(E)
18 For the grave(F) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;(G)
those who go down to the pit(H)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living—they praise(I) you,
    as I am doing today;
parents tell their children(J)
    about your faithfulness.

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