1: I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

2: Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

3: The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

4: Then called I 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 brought low, and he helped me.

7: Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

8: For 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.