1. I LOVE the Lord, because He has heard [and now hears] my voice and my supplications.
2. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live.
3. The cords and sorrows of death were around me, and the terrors of Sheol (the place of the dead) had laid hold of me; I suffered anguish and grief (trouble and sorrow).