[1] I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.
[2] Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long
as I live. [3] The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid
hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. [4] Then I called on the name
of the LORD: "O LORD, I beseech thee, save my life!" [5] Gracious is the
LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful. [6] The LORD preserves the
simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. [7] Return, O my soul, to your
rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. [8] For thou hast
delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
[9] I walk before the LORD in the land of the living. [10] I kept my faith,
even when I said, "I am greatly afflicted"; [11] I said in my
consternation, "Men are all a vain hope." [12] What shall I render to the
LORD for all his bounty to me? [13] I will lift up the cup of salvation and
call on the name of the LORD, [14] I will pay my vows to the LORD in the
presence of all his people. [15] Precious in the sight of the LORD is the
death of his saints. [16] O LORD, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the
son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds. [17] I will offer to thee
the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD. [18] I will
pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people, [19] in the
courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the
LORD!