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I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.
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Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
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The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
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Then I called on the name of the Lord: "O Lord, I pray, save my life!"
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Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful.
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The Lord protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
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Return, O my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
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For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
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I walk before the Lord in the land of the living.