• 1. I loue the Lorde, because he hath heard my voyce and my prayers.
  • 2. For he hath inclined his eare vnto me, whe I did call vpon him in my dayes.
  • 3. When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe.
  • 4. Then I called vpon the Name of the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, deliuer my soule.
  • 5. The Lorde is mercifull and righteous, and our God is full of compassion.
  • 6. The Lorde preserueth the simple: I was in miserie and he saued me.
  • 7. Returne vnto thy rest, O my soule: for the Lord hath bene beneficiall vnto thee,
  • 8. Because thou hast deliuered my soule from death, mine eyes from teares, and my feete from falling.
  • 9. I shall walke before the Lord in the lande of the liuing.
  • 10. I beleeued, therefore did I speake: for I was sore troubled.
  • 11. I said in my feare, All men are lyers.
  • 12. What shall I render vnto the Lord for all his benefites toward me?
  • 13. I will take the cup of saluation, and call vpon the Name of the Lord.
  • 14. I will pay my vowes vnto the Lorde, euen nowe in the presence of all his people.
  • 15. Precious in the sight of the Lorde is the death of his Saintes.
  • 16. Beholde, Lord: for I am thy seruant, I am thy seruant, and the sonne of thine handmaide: thou hast broken my bondes.
  • 17. I will offer to thee a sacrifice of prayse, and will call vpon the Name of the Lord.
  • 18. I will pay my vowes vnto the Lorde, euen nowe in the presence of all his people,
  • 19. In the courtes of ye Lords house, euen in the middes of thee, O Ierusalem. Praise ye the Lord.