5. Gracious is the Lord, and [rigidly] righteous; yes, our God is merciful.
6. The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He helped and saved me.
7. Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. [Matt. 11:29.]
8. For You have delivered my life from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling and falling.
9. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
10. I believed (trusted in, relied on, and clung to my God), and therefore have I spoken [even when I said], I am greatly afflicted. [II Cor. 4:13.]
11. I said in my haste, All men are deceitful and liars.