[Alleluia.][1]I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication.[2]Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live.[3]The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.[4]Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul.[5]The Lord is merciful and righteous; yea, our God has pity.[6]The Lord preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me.[7]Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.[8]For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.[9]I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living. Alleluia:[10]I believed, wherefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted.[11]And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar.[12]What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he has rewarded me?[13]I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.[14]I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people.[15]Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.[16]O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast burst by bonds asunder.[17]I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord.[18]I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the presence of all his people,[19]in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem.
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Author: Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)
Source: ecmarsh.com