to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be lighted with the light of life.
For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.’
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord. The Lord has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
and he is merciful to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom;
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