1 I love Hashem, because He hath heard

my kol (voice), even my techinnah.

2 Because He hath inclined His ozen (ear) unto me,

therefore will I call upon Him while I have days.

3 Chevlei mavet (pangs of death) encompassed me,

and the metzarei She'ol (confines, straitnesses of She'ol) have caught up with me and found me;

tzoros and yagon (sorrow) I found.

4 Then called I b'Shem Hashem:

O Hashem, save my nefesh!

5 Channun (gracious) is Hashem, and tzaddik;

yes, Eloheinu is merciful.

6 Hashem is shomer over the petayim (simple-hearted, helpless);

I was in need and li yehoshia (me He saved).

7 Return, my nefesh, to thy menuchah (rest, resting place);

for Hashem hath dealt bountifully with thee.

8 For Thou hast saved my nefesh from mavet (death),

mine eye from dimah (tears),

and mine regel (foot) from stumbling.

9 I will walk before Hashem

in the Artzot HaChayim (the Land of the Living).*

10 He'emaneti (I believed);

therefore have I spoken; I was greatly afflicted.

11 I said in my chafaz (haste, alarm, consternation),

Kol HaAdam Kozev (all men are liars).

12 How shall I repay Hashem

for all His benefits to me?

13 I will raise the Kos Yeshu'ot (the Cup of Salvation),

and call upon Hashem b'Shem (by Name).

14 I will fulfill my nederim (vows) unto Hashem now

in the presence of all His people.

15 Precious in the eyes of Hashem

is the mavet of His Chasidim.

16 O Hashem, truly I am Thy eved;

I am Thy eved, ben amatecha (the son of Thy maid servant);

Thou hast removed my chains.

17 I will sacrifice to Thee the zevach todah (the thanksgiving offering)

and will call on the Shem Hashem.

18 I will fulfill my nederim to Hashem now

in the presence of all His people.

19 In the khatzerot Beis Hashem,

in the midst of thee, O Yerushalayim.

Praise ye Hashem.