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1 I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.
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I love the LORD because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.
2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
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Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!
3 The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
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Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul! ”
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Then I called on the name of the LORD : “Please, LORD, save me!”
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful.
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How kind the LORD is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!
6 The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
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The LORD protects those of childlike faith; I was facing death, and he saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
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Let my soul be at rest again, for the LORD has been good to me.
8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
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He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
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And so I walk in the LORD ’s presence as I live here on earth!
10 I believed, even when I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted”;
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I believed in you, so I said, “I am deeply troubled, LORD .”
11 I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars. ”
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In my anxiety I cried out to you, “These people are all liars!”
12 What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me?
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What can I offer the LORD for all he has done for me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord,
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I will lift up the cup of salvation and praise the LORD ’s name for saving me.
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.
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I will keep my promises to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
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The LORD cares deeply when his loved ones die.
16 O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.
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O LORD, I am your servant; yes, I am your servant, born into your household; you have freed me from my chains.
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord.
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I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD .
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,
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I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people—
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
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in the house of the LORD in the heart of Jerusalem. Praise the LORD !
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