I Love the Lord
1 I Ps. 18:1love the Lord, because he has Ps. 66:19;118:21heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he [Ps. 31:2]inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 See Ps. 18:4The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then Ps. 118:5;See Ps. 18:6I called on the name of the Lord:
"O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!"
5 See Ps. 86:15Gracious is the Lord, and Ps. 7:9;119:137;145:17;Ezra 9:15;Neh. 9:8;Jer. 12:1;Dan. 9:7righteous;
our God is See Ps. 62:12merciful.
6 The Lord preserves See Ps. 19:7the simple;
when Ps. 79:8;142:6I was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your Jer. 6:16;[Matt. 11:28] rest;
for the Lord has See Ps. 13:6dealt bountifully with you.
8 For Ps. 49:15;56:13;[Ps. 86:13]you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
9 I will walk before the Lord
See Ps. 27:13in the land of the living.
10 Cited 2 Cor. 4:13I believed, [Ps. 39:3]even when116:10 Or believed, indeed; Septuagint believed, therefore I spoke:
"I am greatly afflicted";
11 Ps. 31:22I said in my alarm,
[Ps. 62:9]"All mankind are liars."
12 What shall I 2 Chr. 32:25render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up [Ps. 16:5] the cup of salvation
and See Ps. 99:6;105:1call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will See Ps. 50:14pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15 See Ps. 72:14Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his See Ps. 50:5saints.
16 O Lord, I am your Ps. 119:125;143:12;[Ps. 113:1] servant;
I am your servant, Ps. 86:16the son of your maidservant.
You have [Job 12:18]loosed my bonds.
17 I will See Ps. 50:14offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and [See ver. 13above]call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will [See ver. 14above]pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in See Ps. 92:13the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
See Ps. 104:35Praise the Lord!