9. Who has kept us aliveand not allowed our feet to slip.
10. You tested us, O God,tried us as silver tried by fire.
11. You led us into a snare;you bound us at the waist as captives.
12. You let captors set foot on our neck;we went through fire and water;then you led us out to freedom.
13. I will bring burnt offerings to your house;to you I will fulfill my vows,
14. Which my lips pronouncedand my mouth spoke in my distress.
15. Burnt offerings of fatlings I will offer youand sacrificial smoke of rams;I will sacrifice oxen and goats.Selah
16. Come and hear, all you who fear God,while I recount what has been done for me.
17. I called to him with my mouth;praise was upon my tongue.
18. Had I cherished evil in my heart,the Lord would not have heard.
19. But God did hearand listened to my voice in prayer.
20. Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayerand refuse his mercy.