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O Lord, my God,
    I cried out to you for help and you healed[a] me.
Lord, you brought my soul up from Sheol;
    you let me live, from going down to the pit.[b](A)

II

Sing praise to the Lord, you faithful;
    give thanks to his holy memory.

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Footnotes

  1. 30:3 Healed: for God as healer, see also Ps 103:3; 107:20; Hos 6:1; 7:1; 11:3; 14:5.
  2. 30:4 Sheol…pit: the shadowy underworld residence of the spirits of the dead, here a metaphor for near-death.

You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;(A)
    you spared me from going down to the pit.(B)

Sing(C) the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people;(D)
    praise his holy name.(E)
For his anger(F) lasts only a moment,(G)
    but his favor lasts a lifetime;(H)
weeping(I) may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.(J)

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