Yahweh Has Heard My Voice

1I have loved because YHWH has heard

the voice of my supplications,

2Because He has inclined His ear to me,

even in the day I called.

3The cords of death surrounded me,

and the straits of Sheol found me;

distress and sorrow did I find.

4And in the name of YHWH I called out:

“I pray, O YHWH, deliver my soul!”

5Gracious is YHWH, and righteous;

and our God is compassionate.

6YHWH preserves the simple ones;

I was brought low, and to me He gave salvation.

7Return my soul, to your rest,

for YHWH has dealt kindly with you.

8For you were rescued from death, O my soul,

my eye from tears, my feet from stumbling.

9I will walk before the face of YHWH

in the land of the living.

10I believed, therefore I said,†

“I afflicted am greatly.”

11I said in my hastening,

“Every man is a liar.”

12What shall I return to YHWH;

all His benefits are upon me?

13I will take up the cup of salvation,

and upon the name of YHWH I will call.

I will fulfill My vows to YHWH

now in front of all His people.

15Precious in the eyes of YHWH

is the death of His holy ones.

16I ask, O YHWH—surely I am Your servant;

I am Your servant, son of Your maidservant—

You have loosed my bonds!

17To You I will sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving,

and in your name, O YHWH, I will call.

18I will fulfill My vows to YHWH

now in front of all His people,

19in the courts of the house of YHWH,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Hallelu YAH!†