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[Alleluia.]
[1] I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication.
[2] Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live.
[3] The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.
[4] Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul.
[5] The Lord is merciful and righteous; yea, our God has pity.
[6] The Lord preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me.
[7] Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.
[8] For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
[9] I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living. Alleluia:
[10] I believed, wherefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted.
[11] And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar.
[12] What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he has rewarded me?
[13] I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
[14] I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people.
[15] Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
[16] O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast burst by bonds asunder.
[17] I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord.
[18] I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the presence of all his people,
[19] in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem.
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