I Love the Lord
1 I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
1 I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
our God is merciful.
our God is merciful.
6 The Lord preserves the simple;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
when I was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your rest;
for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
9 I will walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
in the land of the living.
10 I believed, even whena I spoke:
“I am greatly afflicted”;
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 I said in my alarm,
“All mankind are liars.”
“All mankind are liars.”
12 What shall I render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord,
and call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
is the death of his saints.
16 O Lord, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.
You have loosed my bonds.
I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.
You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call on the name of the Lord.
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
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!
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!