1I love the Lord because he has heard

my voice and my supplications.*

2Because he inclined his ear to me,

therefore I will call on him as long as I live.*

3The snares of death encompassed me;

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.*

4Then I called on the name of the Lord,

“O Lord, I pray, save my life!”

5Gracious is the Lord and righteous;

our God is merciful.*

6The Lord protects the simple;

when I was brought low, he saved me.

7Return, O my soul, to your rest,

for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.*

8For you have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling.*

9I walk before the Lord

in the land of the living.

10eI kept my faith, even when I said,

“I am greatly afflicted”;

11I said in my consternation,

“Everyone is a liar.”*

12What shall I return to the Lord

for all his bounty to me?

13I will lift up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the Lord;

14I will pay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people.*

15Precious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his faithful ones.*

16O Lord, I am your servant;

I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.

You have loosed my bonds.*

17I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice

and call on the name of the Lord.*

18I will pay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

19in the courts of the house of the Lord,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!*