18AND WE WE WILL BLESS YAHWEH FROM NOW AND UNTIL PERPETUITY PRAISE YAHWEH 18But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!*NoteCloseOr Hallelu YAH, meaning Praise the LORD
1I LOVE FOR HE HAS HEARD YAHWEH <OBJ.> VOICE MY SUPPLICATIONS MY The LORD Has Heard My Voice 1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice – my appeal for mercy.
2FOR HE HAS INCLINED EAR HIS TO ME AND IN DAYS MY I WILL CALL OUT 2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
3THEY SURROUNDED ME [THE] CORDS OF DEATH AND [THE] DISTRESSES OF SHEOL THEY FOUND ME TROUBLE AND SORROW I FOUND 3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
4AND ON [THE] NAME OF YAHWEH I CALLED I BEG YOU O YAHWEH DELIVER! LIFE MY 4Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
5[IS] GRACIOUS YAHWEH AND RIGHTEOUS AND GOD OUR [IS] COMPASSIONATE 5The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
6[IS] PROTECTING SIMPLE PEOPLE YAHWEH I HAD BECOME LOW AND <TO> ME HE SAVED 6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
7RETURN O SELF MY TO RESTING PLACE<S> YOUR FOR YAHWEH HE HAS DEALT BOUNTIFULLY TOWARDS YOU 7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
8FOR YOU HAVE RESCUED LIFE MY FROM DEATH <OBJ.> EYE MY FROM TEAR[S] <OBJ.> FOOT MY FROM STUMBLING 8For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9I WILL WALK ABOUT <TO> BEFORE YAHWEH IN [THE] LANDS OF THE LIVING 9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10I BELIEVED FOR I SAID I I AM AFFLICTED EXCEEDINGLY 10I believed, therefore I said,*NoteCloseLXX therefore I have spoken; cited in 2 Corinthians 4:13 “I am greatly afflicted.”
11I I SAID WHEN WAS HASTENING I EVERY <THE> PERSON [IS] A LIAR 11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
12WHAT? WILL I GIVE BACK TO YAHWEH ALL BENEFITS HIS TOWARDS ME 12How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
13A CUP OF SALVATION<S> I WILL LIFT UP AND ON [THE] NAME OF YAHWEH I WILL CALL 13I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.
14VOWS MY TO YAHWEH I WILL PAY BEFORE <TOWARDS> PLEASE <TO> ALL PEOPLE HIS 14I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people.
15[IS] PRECIOUS IN [THE] EYES OF YAHWEH THE DEATH <TOWARDS> OF FAITHFUL [PEOPLE] HIS 15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
16I BEG YOU O YAHWEH FOR I [AM] SERVANT YOUR I [AM] SERVANT YOUR [THE] SON OF MAIDSERVANT YOUR YOU HAVE LOOSENED <TO> FETTERS MY 16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
17TO YOU I WILL SACRIFICE A SACRIFICE OF THANKSGIVING AND ON [THE] NAME OF YAHWEH I WILL CALL 17I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
18VOWS MY TO YAHWEH I WILL PAY BEFORE <TOWARDS> PLEASE <TO> ALL PEOPLE HIS 18I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people,
19IN [THE] COURTS OF [THE] HOUSE OF YAHWEH IN [THE] MIDST OF YOU O JERUSALEM PRAISE YAHWEH 19in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!*NoteCloseOr Hallelu YAH, meaning Praise the LORD