Gracious is the Lord, and righteous-Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

  1 I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

  2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

  3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

  5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

  6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

  7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

  8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

  9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

  10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

  11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.

  12 What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?

  13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.

  14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.

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

  16 O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

  17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

  18 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people,

  19 In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.