¹ I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. ² Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call on him as long as I live. ³ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold on me: I found trouble and sorrow. ⁴ Then called I on the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beg you, deliver my soul. ⁵ Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful. ⁶ The LORD preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. ⁷ Return to your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. ⁸ For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. ⁹ I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. ¹⁰ I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted ¹¹ I said in my haste, All men are liars. ¹² What will I render to the LORD for all his benefits toward me? ¹³ I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. ¹⁶ O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have released my chains. ¹⁷ I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁸ I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹ In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise you the LORD.