• 1. I haue loued: because God hath hearde my voyce [and] my prayers.
  • 2. Because he hath enclined his eare vnto me: therfore I wyll call vpon hym as long as I lyue.
  • 3. The snares of death compassed me rounde about: and the paynes of hell toke holde on me. I founde anguishe and heauinesse,
  • 4. but I called vpon the name of God: [saying] O God, I beseche thee deliuer my soule
  • 5. Gratious is God and ryghteous: our Lorde is mercifull.
  • 6. God gardeth the simple: I was brought to the extremitie, and he preserued me.
  • 7. Returne O my soule vnto thy rest: for God hath rewarded thee.
  • 8. For [thou O Lorde] hast deliuered my soule from death: myne eyes from teares, and my feete from fallyng.
  • 9. I wyll walke before the face of God: in the lande of the lyuyng.
  • 10. I beleued, therfore I wyll speake: I was sore afflicted,
  • 11. insomuch that I said in my rashnesse euery man is a lyer.
  • 12. What rewarde shal I geue vnto God: for all the benefites that he hath done vnto me?
  • 13. I wyll take the cuppe of saluation: and I wyll call vpon the name of God.
  • 14. I wyll pay my vowes nowe vnto God: in the presence of all his people.
  • 15. The death of his saintes: is precious in the eyes of God.
  • 16. It is euen so O God, for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde: thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder.
  • 17. I wyll offer vnto thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuyng: and I wyll call vpon the name of God.
  • 18. I wyll pay my vowes vnto God in the sight of all his people:
  • 19. in the courtes of Gods house, euen in the myddest of thee O Hierusalem. Prayse ye the Lorde.