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.

¹⁰ I believed, therefore have I spoken:
I was greatly afflicted:
¹¹ I said in my haste, All men are liars.
¹² What shall I render unto the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
¹³ I will take the cup of salvation,
and call upon the name of the Lord.
¹⁴ I will pay my vows unto the Lord
now in the presence of all his people.
¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
¹⁶ O Lord, truly I am thy servant;
I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid:
thou hast loosed my bonds.
¹⁷ I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call upon the name of the Lord.
¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the Lord
now in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹ in the courts of the Lord’s house,
in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Praise ye the Lord.