1Alleluia. I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken
To the voice of my supplication.

2Because he has inclined his ear to me,
Therefore will I call upon him while I live.

3The pangs of death compassed me;
The dangers of hell found me:
I found affliction and sorrow.

4Then I called on the name of the Lord:
O Lord, deliver my soul.

5The Lord is merciful and righteous;
Yea, our God has pity.

6The Lord preserves the simple:
I was brought low, and he delivered me.

7Return to thy rest, O my soul;
For the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.

8For he has delivered my soul from death,
Mine eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.

9I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living.