I Love the Lord
I alove the Lord, because he has bheard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he ainclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 aThe snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then aI called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
5 aGracious is the Lord, and brighteous;
our God is cmerciful.
6 The Lord preserves athe simple;
when bI was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your arest;
for the Lord has bdealt bountifully with you.
8 For ayou have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
9 I will walk before the Lord
ain the land of the living.
10 aI believed, beven when I spoke:
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 aI said in my alarm,
b“All mankind are liars.”
12 What shall I arender to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up athe cup of salvation
and bcall on the name of the Lord,
14 I will apay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15 aPrecious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his bsaints.
16 O Lord, I am your aservant;
I am your servant, bthe son of your maidservant.
You have cloosed my bonds.
17 I will aoffer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and bcall on the name of the Lord.
18 I will apay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in athe courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
bPraise the Lord!