A Prayer of Thanksgiving
1 I praise you, Lord, because you have saved me
and kept my enemies from gloating over me.
2 I cried to you for help, O Lord my God,
and you healed me;
3 you kept me from the grave.
I was on my way to the depths below,
but you restored my life.
4 Sing praise to the Lord,
all his faithful people!
Remember what the Holy One has done,
and give him thanks!
5 His anger lasts only a moment,
his goodness for a lifetime.
Tears may flow in the night,
but joy comes in the morning.
6 I felt secure and said to myself,
“I will never be defeated.”
7 You were good to me, Lord;
you protected me like a mountain fortress.
But then you hid yourself from me,
and I was afraid.
8 I called to you, Lord;
I begged for your help:
9 “What will you gain from my death?
What profit from my going to the grave?
Are dead people able to praise you?
Can they proclaim your unfailing goodness?
10 Hear me, Lord, and be merciful!
Help me, Lord!”
11 You have changed my sadness into a joyful dance;
you have taken away my sorrow
and surrounded me with joy.
12 So I will not be silent;
I will sing praise to you.
Lord, you are my God;
I will give you thanks forever.
Pateicība Kungam par izglābšanu no nāves
1 Dāvida psalms . Dziesma tempļa iesvētīšanai.
2 Es cildināšu tevi, Kungs, –
kā no akas tu mani izcēli,
tu neļāvi naidniekiem smieties par mani!
3 Kungs, mans Dievs, es brēcu uz tevi,
un tu mani dziedināji,
4 Kungs, no šeola tu mani uzvedi,
tu dzīvu izvedi mani no bedres!
5 Dziediet Kungam jūs, uzticīgie,
un pateicieties, pieminēdami viņa svētumu!
6 Jo tik mirkli viņa dusmas,
bet uz mūžu viņa labvēlība!
Vakarā raudas nāk sērst,
bet no rīta līksme.
7 Savā pārticībā es teicu:
nemūžam neklupšu!
8 Kungs, savā labvēlībā tu darīji mani stipru kā kalnu –
līdzko tu novērsies, es iztrūcinājos!
9 Tev, Kungs, es saucu,
savu Kungu es karsti lūdzos:
10 kāds tev guvums no manām asinīm
vai ja es nokāptu bedrē?
Vai tad pīšļi slavētu tevi,
vai tie paustu tavu patiesību?
11 Uzklausi, Kungs,
žēlo mani, Kungs,
esi man palīgs!
12 Tu pārvērti manas vaimanas dejā,
tu noraisīji man maisu
un apjozi mani ar prieku,
13 lai dzied tev mans gods un neklusē!
Kungs, mans Dievs, mūžam pateikšos tev!
