¹I love that Adonai heard

my voice when I prayed;

²because he turned his ear to me,

I will call on him as long as I live.

³The cords of death were all around me,

Sh’ol’s constrictions held me fast;

I was finding only distress and anguish.

⁴But I called on the name of Adonai :

“Please, Adonai ! Save me!”

⁵Adonai is merciful and righteous;

yes, our God is compassionate.

⁶Adonai preserves the thoughtless;

when I was brought low, he saved me.

⁷My soul, return to your rest!

For Adonai has been generous toward you.

⁸Yes, you have rescued me from death,

my eyes from tears and my feet from falling.

⁹I will go on walking in the presence of Adonai

in the lands of the living.

¹⁰I will keep on trusting even when I say,

“I am utterly miserable,”

¹¹even when, in my panic, I declare,

“Everything human is deceptive.”

¹²How can I repay Adonai

for all his generous dealings with me?

¹³I will raise the cup of salvation

and call on the name of Adonai .

¹⁴I will pay my vows to Adonai

in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵From Adonai ’s point of view,

the death of those faithful to him is costly.

¹⁶Oh, Adonai ! I am your slave;

I am your slave, the son of your slave-girl;

you have removed my fetters.

¹⁷I will offer a sacrifice of thanks to you

and will call on the name of Adonai .

¹⁸I will pay my vows to Adonai

in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹in the courtyards of Adonai ’s house,

there in your very heart, Yerushalayim.

Halleluyah !