1 Alleluia. 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.ᵃ
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.