1. The prayer of Jesus, the son of Sirach: I will confess to you, O Lord and King, and I will give praise to you, O God my Saviour.
2. I will acknowledge your name. For you have been my Helper and Protector.
3. And you have freed my body from perdition, from the snare of the iniquitous tongue, and from the lips of those who forge lies. And you have been my Helper in the sight of those who stood nearby.
4. And you have freed me according to the multitude of the mercy of your name: from those who roared and prepared to devour,
5. from the hands of those who sought my life, and from the gates of tribulation that surrounded me,
6. from the oppression of the flames that surrounded me, and so I was not burned in the midst of the fire,
7. from the depths of the bowels of hell, and from the defiled tongue, and from lying words, from an iniquitous king, and from an unjust tongue.
8. My soul shall praise the Lord, even unto death.
9. For my life was drawing near to hell below.