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!”