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

The snares of death compassed me round about, * and the pains of hell gat hold upon me.

I found trouble and heaviness; then called I upon the Name of the ; * O, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

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

The preserveth the simple; * I was in misery, and he helped me.

Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul, * for the hath rewarded thee.

And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death, * mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

I will walk before the * in the land of the living.

I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people; * right dear in the sight of the is the death of his saints.

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