1. I love that the LORD should hear my voice and my supplications.
2. Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him all my days.
3. The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.
4. But I called upon the name of the LORD: 'I beseech thee, O LORD, deliver my soul.'
5. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is compassionate.
6. The LORD preserveth the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
7. Return, O my soul, unto Thy rest; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
9. I shall walk before the LORD in the lands of the living.
10. I trusted even when I spoke: 'I am greatly afflicted.'
11. I said in my haste: 'All men are liars.'
12. How can I repay unto the LORD all His bountiful dealings toward me?
13. I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
14. My vows will I pay unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all His people.
15. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
16. I beseech Thee, O LORD, for I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bands.
17. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
18. I will pay my vows unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all His people;
19. In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah.
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