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¹ I haue loued: because God hath hearde my voyce [and] my prayers.² Because he hath enclined his eare vnto me: therfore I wyll call vpon hym as long as I lyue.³ The snares of death compassed me rounde about: and the paynes of hell toke holde on me.⁴ I founde anguishe and heauinesse, but I called vpon the name of God: [saying] O God, I beseche thee deliuer my soule⁵ Gratious is God and ryghteous: our Lorde is mercifull.⁶ God gardeth the simple: I was brought to the extremitie, and he preserued me.⁷ Returne O my soule vnto thy rest: for God hath rewarded thee.⁸ For [thou O Lorde] hast deliuered my soule from death: myne eyes from teares, and my feete from fallyng.⁹ I wyll walke before the face of God: in the lande of the lyuyng.

¹⁰ I beleued, therfore I wyll speake: I was sore afflicted, ¹¹ insomuch that I said in my rashnesse euery man is a lyer.¹² What rewarde shal I geue vnto God: for all the benefites that he hath done vnto me?¹³ I wyll take the cuppe of saluation: and I wyll call vpon the name of God.¹⁴ I wyll pay my vowes nowe vnto God: in the presence of all his people.¹⁵ The death of his saintes: is precious in the eyes of God.¹⁶ It is euen so O God, for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde: thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder.¹⁷ I wyll offer vnto thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuyng: and I wyll call vpon the name of God.¹⁸ I wyll pay my vowes vnto God in the sight of all his people: ¹⁹ in the courtes of Gods house, euen in the myddest of thee O Hierusalem. Prayse ye the Lorde.