1   I love him, because Yahweh has heard

  the voice of my supplications.

2   Because he has inclined his ear to me,

  I will call all my days.

3   The ropes of death encircled me,

  and the distresses of Sheol found me.

  I found trouble and grief.

4   Then I called on the name of Yahweh:

  “O Yahweh, please save my life!”

5   Gracious is Yahweh and righteous,

  and our God is merciful.

6   Yahweh watches over the simple.

  I was brought low, but he gave me victory.

7   Return, O my soul, to your repose,

  for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

8   For you have rescued me from death,

  my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

9   I will walk before Yahweh

  in the land of the living.

10   I believed when I spoke,

  “I am afflicted greatly.”

11   I said in my haste,

  “Everyone is a liar.”

12   What shall I give back to Yahweh

  for all his benefits to me?

13   I will lift up the cup of salvation

  and proclaim the name of Yahweh.

14   I will pay my vows made to Yahweh

  in the presence of all his people.

15   Costly in Yahweh’s view is

  the death of his faithful ones.

16   Ah, Yahweh, I am indeed your servant;

  I am your servant, the child of your maidservant.

  You have loosed my bonds.

17   I will offer to you a sacrifice of thanksgiving,

  and proclaim the name of Yahweh.

18   I will pay my vows made to Yahweh

  in the presence of all his people,

19   in the courts of the house of Yahweh,

  in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

  Praise Yah!