1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—
my appeal for mercy.
1I have loved because YHWH has heard the voice of my supplications,
2Because He has inclined His ear to me,
I will call on Him as long as I live.
2Because He has inclined His ear to me, even in the day I called.
3The ropes of death entangled me;
the anguish of Sheol overcame me;
I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
3The cords of death surrounded me, and the straits of Sheol found me; distress and sorrow did I find.
4Then I called on the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, deliver my soul!”
4And in the name of YHWH I called out: “I pray, O YHWH, deliver my soul!”
5The LORD is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
5Gracious is YHWH, and righteous; and our God is compassionate.
6The LORD preserves the simplehearted;
I was helpless, and He saved me.
6YHWH preserves the simple ones; I was brought low, and to me He gave salvation.
7Return to your rest, O my soul,
for the LORD has been good to you.
7Return my soul, to your rest, for YHWH has dealt kindly with you.
8For You have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
8For you were rescued from death, O my soul, my eye from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9I will walk before the LORD
in the land of the living.
9I will walk before the face of YHWH in the land of the living.
10I believed, therefore I said,a
“I am greatly afflicted.”
10I believed, therefore I said, “I afflicted am greatly.”
11In my alarm I said,
“All men are liars!”
11I said in my hastening, “Every man is a liar.”
12How can I repay the LORD
for all His goodness to me?
12What shall I return to YHWH; all His benefits are upon me?
13I will lift the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the LORD.
13I will take up the cup of salvation, and upon the name of YHWH I will call.
14I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all His people.
14I will fulfill My vows to YHWH now in front of all His people.
15Precious in the sight of the LORD
is the death of His saints.
15Precious in the eyes of YHWH is the death of His holy ones.
16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
You have broken my bonds.
16I ask, O YHWH—surely I am Your servant; I am Your servant, son of Your maidservant—You have loosed my bonds!
17I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving
17To You I will sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and in your name, O YHWH, I will call.
18I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all His people,
18I will fulfill My vows to YHWH now in front of all His people,
19in the courts of the LORD’s house,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!a
19in the courts of the house of YHWH, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelu YAH!