Column 19

1 For a maggot cannot give you thanks, and a worm cannot recount your kindness. 2 The living, the living give you thanks; all whose foot slips give you thanks, when you make known 3 your kindness to them and give them insight into your righteousness. For in your hand is the soul of every 4 living thing; the breath of all flesh you have given. Deal with us, O LORD, 5 according to your goodness, according to the abundance of your mercies and according to the abundance of your righteous acts. The LORD 6 hears the voice of those who love his name, and he does not withdraw his kindness from them. 7 Blessed is the LORD, who does righteous acts, who crowns his faithful ones 8 with kindness and mercies. My soul cries out to praise your name, to give thanks with singing 9 for your kindnesses, to declare your faithfulness; of your praise there is no end. I was near death 10 because of my sin, and my iniquities sold me to Sheol. But you delivered me, 11 O LORD, according to the abundance of your mercies and according to the abundance of your righteous acts. I too 12 love your name, and in your shadow I take refuge. When I remember your strength my heart 13 is firm, and on your kindnesses I lean. Forgive my sin, O LORD, 14 and purify me from my iniquity. Grant me a spirit of faithfulness and knowledge; let me not stumble 15 in wrongdoing. Let no satan rule over me, nor an unclean spirit;⁠a let neither pain nor an evil 16 inclination take hold of my bones. For you, O LORD, are my praise, and for you I wait 17 all the day. Let my brothers rejoice with me, and my father’s house, who are astonished at your favor 18 … […] … I will rejoice in you.