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The LORD Has Heard My Voice

¹ I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.² Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.³ The ropes of death entangled me, and the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”⁵ The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.⁶ The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.⁷ Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.⁸ For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.⁹ I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

¹⁰ I believed, therefore I have spoken: “I am greatly afflicted.”¹¹ In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”¹² How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?¹³ I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.¹⁴ I will fulfill 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 Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have released my bonds.¹⁷ I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.¹⁸ I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people,^{19 (a)}in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!