1  Alleluia. I loved the Lord; for the Lord shall hear the voice of my prayer.

2 For he bowed down his ear to me; and I shall inwardly call him in my days.

3 The sorrows of death encompass-ed me; and the perils of hell found me. I found tribulation and sorrow;

4 and I called inwardly the name of the Lord. Thou, Lord, deliver my soul;

5 the Lord is merciful, and just [or rightwise]; and our God doeth mercy.

6 And the Lord keepeth little children; I was meeked, and he delivered me.

7 My soul, turn thou into thy rest; for the Lord hath done well to thee.

8 For he hath delivered my soul from death; mine eyes from weepings, and my feet from falling down.

9 I shall please the Lord; in the country of them that live.

10 I believed, for which thing I spake; forsooth I was made low full much.

11 I said in my passing; Each man is a liar.

12 What shall I yield to the Lord; for all things which he hath yielded to me?

13 I shall take the cup of health; and I shall inwardly call the name of the Lord.

14 I shall yield my vows to the Lord before all his people;

15 the death of saints of the Lord is precious in his sight.

16 O! Lord, for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds,

17 to thee I shall offer a sacrifice of praising; and I shall inwardly call the name of the Lord.

18 I shall yield my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people;

19 in the foreyards of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem.