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									 I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
								
							 
																								
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									Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
								
							 
																								
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									 The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
								
							 
																								
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									Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
								
							 
																								
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									 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
								
							 
																								
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									The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
								
							 
																								
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									Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to 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 will walk before the LORD  in the land of the living.
								
							 
																								
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									I believed, therefore I said,(a)  “I am greatly afflicted.”
								
							 
																								
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									In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
								
							 
																								
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									 How can I repay the LORD  for all His goodness to me?
								
							 
																								
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									I will lift the cup of salvation  and call on the name of the LORD.
								
							 
																								
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									I will fulfill my vows to the LORD  in the presence of all His people.
								
							 
																								
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									 Precious in the sight of the LORD  is the death of His saints.
								
							 
																								
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									Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
								
							 
																								
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									 I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving  and call on the name of the LORD.
								
							 
																								
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									I will fulfill my vows to the LORD  in the presence of all His people,
								
							 
																								
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									in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!(b) 
								
							 
																																								
								
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