1. - I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication.
2. Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live.
3. The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.
4. Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul.
5. The Lord is merciful and righteous; yea, our God has pity.
6. The Lord preserves [Gr. infants] the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me.
7. Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.
8. For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9. I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living.
10. Alleluia: [2 Co 4:13] I believed, wherefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted.
11. And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar.
12. What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he has rewarded me?
13. I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
14. I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people.
15. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
16. O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast burst by bonds asunder.
17. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord.
18. I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the presence of all his people,
19. in the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem.