1 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, O King,
2 for you have been my protector and helper,
3 and delivered me, according to the abundance of your mercy and of your name,
4 from the choking of a fire on every side,
5 out of the depth of the belly of Hades,
6 the slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king.
7 They surrounded me on every side.
8 Then I remembered your mercy, O Lord,
9 I lifted up my prayer from the earth,
10 I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord,
11 I will praise your name continually.
12 You saved me from destruction
13 When I was yet young,
14 Before the temple I asked for her.
15 From the first flower to the ripening grape my heart delighted in her.
16 I inclined my ear a little, and received her,
17 I profited in her.
18 For I determined to practise her.
19 My soul has wrestled with her.
20 I directed my soul to her.
21 My belly also was troubled to seek her.
22 The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward.
23 Draw near to me, all you who are uneducated,
24 Why therefore are you all lacking in these things,
25 I opened my mouth and spoke,
26 Put your neck under the yoke,
27 See with your eyes
28 Get instruction with a great sum of silver,
29 May your soul rejoice in his mercy,
30 Work your work before the time comes,