Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal! Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people!

who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist!

I will serve the Lord in the land of the living.

they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

I will praise the Lord as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!

you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,

The Lord is alive! My protector is praiseworthy! The God who delivers me is exalted as king!

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord’s favor in the land of the living?

For you are the one who gives and sustains life.

But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me.

For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills.

Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.

For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.

He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip.

for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

They provide water for all the animals in the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire.