I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken

To the voice of my supplication.

2 Because he has inclined his ear to me,

Therefore will I call upon him while I live.

3 The pangs of death compassed me;

The dangers of hell found me:

I found affliction and sorrow.

4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:

O Lord, deliver my soul.

5 The Lord is merciful and righteous;

Yea, our God has pity.

6 The Lord preserves the simple:

I was brought low, and he delivered me.

7 Return to thy rest, O my soul;

For the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.

8 For he has delivered my soul from death,

Mine eyes from tears,

And my feet from falling.

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