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¹ I loue the Lorde, because he hath heard my voyce and my prayers.² For he hath inclined his eare vnto me, whe I did call vpon him in my dayes.³ When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe.⁴ Then I called vpon the Name of the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, deliuer my soule.⁵ The Lorde is mercifull and righteous, and our God is full of compassion.⁶ The Lorde preserueth the simple: I was in miserie and he saued me.⁷ Returne vnto thy rest, O my soule: for the Lord hath bene beneficiall vnto thee,⁸ Because thou hast deliuered my soule from death, mine eyes from teares, and my feete from falling.⁹ I shall walke before the Lord in the lande of the liuing.

¹⁰ I beleeued, therefore did I speake: for I was sore troubled.¹¹ I said in my feare, All men are lyers.¹² What shall I render vnto the Lord for all his benefites toward me?¹³ I will take the cup of saluation, and call vpon the Name of the Lord.¹⁴ I will pay my vowes vnto the Lorde, euen nowe in the presence of all his people.¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the Lorde is the death of his Saintes.¹⁶ Beholde, Lord: for I am thy seruant, I am thy seruant, and the sonne of thine handmaide: thou hast broken my bondes.¹⁷ I will offer to thee a sacrifice of prayse, and will call vpon the Name of the Lord.¹⁸ I will pay my vowes vnto the Lorde, euen nowe in the presence of all his people,¹⁹ In the courtes of ye Lords house, euen in the middes of thee, O Ierusalem. Praise ye the Lord.