1Jeg elsker Herren, for han hører min bøn.2Han lytter til mit råb om hjælp, jeg vil bede til ham, så længe jeg lever.3Døden holdt mig i sit kvælertag, jeg var dødsens angst og dybt fortvivlet.4Da råbte jeg: „Herre, red mig fra at dø!”5Herren er god og nådig. Vor Gud er fuld af barmhjertighed.6Han hjælper dem, der råber om hjælp, han frelste mig i nødens stund.7Min sjæl, fald til ro igen, for Herren har bevist sin godhed.8Han reddede mig fra døden, mit øje fra gråd, min fod fra fald.9Jeg er stadig i live, og jeg vil altid følge Herrens vej.10Jeg troede, og derfor talte jeg. „Herre!” råbte jeg. „Jeg er i stor nød!”11I min bitre angst sagde jeg: „De er alle sammen fulde af løgn!”12Hvad kan jeg give til Herren for al hans godhed imod mig?13Jeg vil takke ham for min redning med et drikoffer.14Jeg vil bringe ham de ofre, jeg har lovet, for øjnene af hele folket.15Herren elsker sit folk, han griber ind, hvis nogen er nær ved at dø.16Herre, jeg er din tjener, en simpel slave. Tak, fordi du reddede mig fra døden.17Jeg vil bringe dig takofre og lovprise dig.18Jeg vil bringe de ofre, jeg lovede, for øjnene af hele folket,19midt i din helligdom, Herre, midt i Jerusalem. Halleluja!
1I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. (Salm 18,1; Salm 66,19; Salm 118,21)2Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. (Salm 31,2)3The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. (Salm 18,4)4Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!” (Salm 18,6; Salm 118,5)5Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. (Ez 9,15; Neh 9,8; Salm 7,9; Salm 62,12; Salm 86,15; Salm 119,137; Salm 145,17; Jer 12,1; Dan 9,7)6The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. (Salm 19,7; Salm 79,8; Salm 142,6)7Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. (Salm 13,6; Jer 6,16; Matt 11,28)8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling; (Salm 49,15; Salm 56,13; Salm 86,13)9I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. (Salm 27,13)10I believed, even when[1] I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted”; (Salm 39,3; 2.Kor 4,13)11I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.” (Salm 31,22; Salm 62,9)12What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? (2.Krøn 32,25)13I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord, (Salm 16,5; Salm 99,6; Salm 105,1)14I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. (Salm 50,14)15Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. (Salm 50,5; Salm 72,14)16O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds. (Job 12,18; Salm 86,16; Salm 113,1; Salm 119,125; Salm 143,12)17I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord. (Salm 50,14; Salm 116,13)18I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people, (Salm 116,14)19in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord! (Salm 92,13; Salm 104,35)