17 Voici, ma grande amertume est changée en prospérité; tu as retiré mon âme de la fosse de destruction; car tu as jeté tous mes péchés derrière ton dos.
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Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.