⁵For his anger is but for a moment;
   his favour is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night,
   but joy comes with the morning.

⁹‘What profit is there in my death,
   if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise you?
   Will it tell of your faithfulness?
¹⁰Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me!
   O Lord, be my helper!’

¹¹You have turned my mourning into dancing;
   you have taken off my sackcloth
   and clothed me with joy,
¹²so that my soul^* may praise you and not be silent.
   O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you for ever.