The LORD Has Heard My Voice

1Alleluia. I have loved: therefore, the Lord will heed the voice of my prayer.

2For he has inclined his ear to me. And in my days, I will call upon him.

3The sorrows of death have surrounded me, and the perils of Hell have found me. I have found tribulation and sorrow.

4And so, I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, free my soul.

5Merciful is the Lord, and just. And our God is compassionate.

6The Lord is the keeper of little ones. I was humbled, and he freed me.

7Turn again, my soul, to your rest. For the Lord has done good to you.

8For he has rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from slipping.

9I will please the Lord in the land of the living.

10Alleluia. I had confidence, because of what I was saying, but then I was greatly humbled.

11I said in my excess, “Every man is a liar.”

12What shall I repay to the Lord, for all the things that he has repaid to me?

13I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

14I will repay my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people.

15Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his holy ones.

16O Lord, because I am your servant, your servant and the son of your handmaid, you have broken my bonds.

17I will sacrifice to you the sacrifice of praise, and I will invoke the name of the Lord.

18I will repay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people,

19in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem.