The Word of God.

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

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

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

⁴Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.#

⁵Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.#

⁶The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.#

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

⁸For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.#

⁹I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.#

¹⁰I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:#

¹¹I said in my haste, All men are liars.#

¹²What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?#

¹³I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.#

¹⁴I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.#

¹⁵Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.#

¹⁶O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.#

¹⁷I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.#

¹⁸I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,#

¹⁹In the courts of the LORD’S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.#