Psalm 30:8-10 To You, O LORD, I cry,

To You, O LORD, I cry, and to the LORD I plead for mercy: “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? Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!”

What will it avail me, Lord, to cry to some other god in my distress? For You and You alone, are my source of mercy. Be merciful to me, my Lord, and preserve me to proclaim Your great mercy and faithfulness.