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| 1. | I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. | I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer. | I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. | ||
| 2. | Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. | He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days. | Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. | ||
| 3. | The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead.} got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. | The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow. | The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. | ||
| 4. | Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul." | Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble. | Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. | ||
| 5. | Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. | The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy. | Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. | ||
| 6. | Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. | The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was my saviour. | The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. | ||
| 7. | Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you. | Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward. | Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. | ||
| 8. | For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. | You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling. | For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. | ||
| 9. | I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living. | I will go before the Lord in the land of the living. | I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. | ||
| 10. | I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted." | I still had faith, though I said, I am in great trouble; | I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: | ||
| 11. | I said in my haste, "All men are liars." | Though I said in my fear, All men are false. | I said in my haste, All men are liars. | ||
| 12. | What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me? | What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me? | What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? | ||
| 13. | I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh. | I will take the cup of salvation, and give praise to the name of the Lord. | I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. | ||
| 14. | I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people. | I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people. | I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. | ||
| 15. | Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints. | Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints. | Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. | ||
| 16. | Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains. | O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken. | 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 you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of Yahweh. | I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord. | I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. | ||
| 18. | I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people, | I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people; | I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, | ||
| 19. | in the courts of Yahweh's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah! | In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord. | In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. | ||