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¹ I ^(a)love the Lord, because he has ^(b)heard
    my voice and my pleas for mercy.
² Because he ^(c)inclined his ear to me,
    therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
^3 (d)The snares of death encompassed me;
    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
    I suffered distress and anguish.
⁴ Then ^(e)I called on the name of the Lord:
    "O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!"

^5 (f)Gracious is the Lord, and ^(g)righteous;
    our God is ^(h)merciful.
⁶ The Lord preserves ⁽ⁱ⁾the simple;
    when ^(j)I was brought low, he saved me.
⁷ Return, O my soul, to your ^(k)rest;
    for the Lord has ^(l)dealt bountifully with you.

⁸ For ^(m)you have delivered my soul from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling;
⁹ I will walk before the Lord
    ⁽ⁿ⁾in the land of the living.

^10 (o)I believed, ^(p)even when^[a] I spoke:
    "I am greatly afflicted";
^11 (q)I said in my alarm,
    ^(r)"All mankind are liars."

¹² What shall I ^(s)render to the Lord
    for all his benefits to me?
¹³ I will lift up ^(t)the cup of salvation
    and ^(u)call on the name of the Lord,
¹⁴ I will ^(v)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

^15 (w)Precious in the sight of the Lord
    is the death of his ^(x)saints.
¹⁶ O Lord, I am your ^(y)servant;
    I am your servant, ^(z)the son of your maidservant.
    You have ^(aa)loosed my bonds.
¹⁷ I will ^(ab)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and ^(ac)call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁸ I will ^(ad)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹ in ^(ae)the courts of the house of the Lord,
    in your midst, O Jerusalem.
^(af)Praise the Lord!