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18 For Sheol cannot give you thanks,
    nor can death praise you.
Those who go down into the pit
    cannot hope for your kindness.
19 It is the living, only the living, who can thank you
    as I am doing today,
just as fathers make known to their sons
    your faithfulness, O God.
20 “The Lord is my savior,
    and we will sing to stringed instruments
all the days of our lives
    in the house of the Lord.”

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18 For the grave(A) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;(B)
those who go down to the pit(C)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living—they praise(D) you,
    as I am doing today;
parents tell their children(E)
    about your faithfulness.

20 The Lord will save me,
    and we will sing(F) with stringed instruments(G)
all the days of our lives(H)
    in the temple(I) of the Lord.

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