^1aA Psalm. A song for the dedication of the house of David.

^1bI will extol you, O Lord,

For you have liberated me,

And you have not given my enemies cause for joy over me.

²O Lord my God,

I cried out to you,

And you restored me.

³O Lord, you have brought my being up from the grave;

You have preserved me alive

From me going down to the pit.

⁴Sing psalms to the Lord,

You sanctified ones of his,

And give thanks at holy remembrance of him.

⁵For although there is a moment in his anger,

There is life in his good pleasure.

In the evening, weeping is prevalent,

But in the morning there is rejoicing.

⁶And I have said in my prosperity,

“I will never falter.”

⁷O Lord, in your goodwill

You established my strong mountain,

But when you hid your face,

I was terrified.

⁸O Lord, I call out to you,

And it is with the Lord^* that I plead.

⁹What profit is there in my blood

If I go down into the pit?

Does the dust give you thanks?

Does it proclaim your truth?

¹⁰Hear, O Lord,

And have mercy on me.

O Lord, be a helper to me.

¹¹You have turned my mourning into dancing for me;

You have untied my sackcloth

And girded me with joy,

¹²So that one may sing psalms of glory to you

And not be silent.

O Lord my God,

I will give you thanks age-abidingly.