1 I love the Lord, because He hears My voice and my supplications.

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

2 B ecause He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.

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

3 T he cords of death encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.

The 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: “O Lord, I beseech You, save my life!”

Then 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; Yes, our God is compassionate.

Gracious 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.

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

7 R eturn to your rest, O my soul, For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

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

8 F or You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

9 I shall walk before the Lord In the land of the living.

I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

10 I believed when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”

¶ I believed, therefore I spoke, and was greatly afflicted;

11 I said in my alarm, “ All men are liars.”

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

12 W hat shall I render to the Lord For all His benefits toward me?

What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

13 I shall lift up the cup of salvation And call upon the name of the Lord.

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

14 I shall pay my vows to the Lord, Oh may it be in the presence of all His people.

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 godly ones.

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his merciful ones.

16 O Lord, surely I am Your servant, I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid, You have loosed my bonds.

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

17 T o You I shall offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And call upon the name of the Lord.

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

18 I shall pay my vows to the Lord, Oh may it be in the presence of all His people,

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 you, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

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