1. I LOVE You fervently and devotedly, O Lord, my Strength.
2. The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower. [Heb. 2:13.]
3. I will call upon the Lord, Who is to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. [Rev. 5:12.]
4. The cords or bands of death surrounded me, and the streams of ungodliness and the torrents of ruin terrified me.
5. The cords of Sheol (the place of the dead) surrounded me; the snares of death confronted and came upon me.
6. In my distress [when seemingly closed in] I called upon the Lord and cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple (heavenly dwelling place), and my cry came before Him, into His [very] ears.