10. I thought I would live a full life. But now, in the middle of my life, the time has come for me to die.
11. So I said, “I will not see the Lord YAH in the land of the living again. I will not see the people living on earth.
12. My home, my shepherd’s tent, is being pulled down and taken from me. I am finished like the cloth someone rolls up and cuts from the loom. You ended my life in such a short time.
13. All night I cried as loud as a lion, but my hopes were crushed like a lion eating bones. You finished my life in such a short time.
14. I cried like a bird and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired, but I continued looking to the heavens. Lord, I am so depressed. Promise to help me.”
15. What can I say? He told me what would happen, and he will make it happen. I have had these troubles in my soul, so now I will be humble all my life.
16. Lord, use this hard time to make my spirit live again. Help my spirit become strong and healthy. Help me become well! Help me live again!
17. Look, my troubles are gone! I now have peace. You love me very much. You did not let me rot in the grave. You took my sins and threw them away.
18. The dead cannot praise you. People in Sheol cannot sing praises to you. Those who have died and gone below are not trusting in your faithfulness.
19. People who are alive, people like me, are the ones who will praise you. Fathers should tell their children about how faithful you are.