A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.

• ¹I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up,
• and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

• ²Yahweh my God, I cried to you,

• and you have healed me.

• ³Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol *Sheol is the place of the dead..
• You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

• ⁴Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his.
• Give thanks to his holy name.

• ⁵For his anger is but for a moment.
• His favor is for a lifetime.

• Weeping may stay for the night,
• but joy comes in the morning.

• ⁶As for me, I said in my prosperity,
• “I shall never be moved.”

• ⁷You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong;
• but when you hid your face, I was troubled.

• ⁸I cried to you, Yahweh.
• To Yahweh I made supplication:

• ⁹“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?
• Shall the dust praise you?
• Shall it declare your truth?

• ¹⁰Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me.
• Yahweh, be my helper.”

• ¹¹You have turned my mourning into dancing for me.
• You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
• ¹²To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent.

• Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!