I AM well pleased : that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer;
² That he hath inclined his ear unto me : therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
³ The snares of death compassed me round about : and the pains of hell gat hold upon me.
⁴ I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the Lord : O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
⁵ Gracious is the Lord, and righteous : yea, our God is merciful.
⁶ The Lord preserveth the simple : I was in misery, and he helped me.
⁷ Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul : for the Lord hath rewarded thee.
⁸ And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death : mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
⁹ I will walk before the Lord : in the land of the living.
¹⁰ I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled : I said in my haste, All men are liars.
¹¹ What reward shall I give unto the Lord : for all the benefits that he hath done unto me?
¹² I will receive the cup of salvation : and call upon the Name of the Lord.
¹³ I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people : right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
¹⁴ Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant : I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.
¹⁵ I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving : and will call upon the Name of the Lord.
¹⁶ I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people : in the courts of the Lord’s house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.