1 ¶ I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.

2 B ecause he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore I will call upon him all of my days.

3 T he sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of Sheol found me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.

4 T hen I called upon the name of the LORD, saying, O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

5 G racious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

6 T he LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and he saved me.

7 R eturn unto thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with thee.

8 F or thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine 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 I spoke, and was greatly afflicted;

11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.

12 W hat shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

13 I will take the cup of saving health and invoke the name of the LORD.

14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

15 P recious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his merciful ones.

16 T his is so, O LORD, because I am thy slave; I am thy slave, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds.

17 I will offer unto thee the sacrifice of praise and will invoke the name of the LORD.

18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,

19 i n the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Halelu-JAH.