1. I love the Lord, because he has heardmy voice and my pleas for mercy.
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 pray, deliver my soul!”
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 you have delivered my soul from death,my eyes from tears,my feet from stumbling;
9. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
10. I believed, even when I spoke:“I am greatly afflicted”;
11. I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.”
12. What shall I render to the Lordfor all his benefits to me?
13. I will lift up the cup of salvationand call on the name of the Lord,
14. I will pay my vows to the Lordin the presence of all his people.