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¹ I love that Adonai heard
my voice when I prayed;
² because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.

³ The cords of death were all around me,
Sh'ol's constrictions held me fast;
I was finding only distress and anguish.
⁴ But I called on the name of Adonai:
"Please, Adonai! Save me!"

⁵ Adonai is merciful and righteous;
yes, our God is compassionate.
⁶ Adonai preserves the thoughtless;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
⁷ My soul, return to your rest!
For Adonai has been generous toward you.
⁸ Yes, you have rescued me from death,
my eyes from tears and my feet from falling.
⁹ I will go on walking in the presence of Adonai
in the lands of the living.
¹⁰ I will keep on trusting even when I say,
"I am utterly miserable,"
¹¹ even when, in my panic, I declare,
"Everything human is deceptive."

¹² How can I repay Adonai
for all his generous dealings with me?
¹³ I will raise the cup of salvation
and call on the name of Adonai.
¹⁴ I will pay my vows to Adonai
in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵ From Adonai's point of view,
the death of those faithful to him is costly.
¹⁶ Oh, Adonai! I am your slave;
I am your slave, the son of your slave-girl;
you have removed my fetters.
¹⁷ I will offer a sacrifice of thanks to you
    and will call on the name of Adonai.
¹⁸ I will pay my vows to Adonai
in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹ in the courtyards of Adonai's house,
there in your very heart, Yerushalayim.

Halleluyah!