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¹I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, And my cries for mercy.

²Because he has turned his ear to me, Therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

³The cords of death surrounded me, The pains of Sheol got a hold on me. I found trouble and sorrow.

⁴Then called I on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul."

⁵Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.

⁶Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷Return to your rest, my soul, For Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸For you have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.

⁹I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.

¹⁰I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."

¹¹I said in my haste, "All men are liars."

¹²What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?

¹³I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh.

¹⁴I will pay my vows to Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

¹⁶Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.

¹⁷I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on the name of Yahweh.

¹⁸I will pay my vows to Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹In the courts of Yahweh`s house, In the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah! Psalm 117