2. I will acknowledge your name. For you have been my Helper and Protector.
3. And you have freed my body from perdition, from the snare of the iniquitous tongue, and from the lips of those who forge lies. And you have been my Helper in the sight of those who stood nearby.
4. And you have freed me according to the multitude of the mercy of your name: from those who roared and prepared to devour,
5. from the hands of those who sought my life, and from the gates of tribulation that surrounded me,
6. from the oppression of the flames that surrounded me, and so I was not burned in the midst of the fire,
7. from the depths of the bowels of hell, and from the defiled tongue, and from lying words, from an iniquitous king, and from an unjust tongue.
8. My soul shall praise the Lord, even unto death.
9. For my life was drawing near to hell below.
10. And they surrounded me on every side. And there was no one who would help me. I looked around for the assistance of men, and there was none.
11. Then I remembered your mercy, O Lord, and your works, which are from the very beginning.
12. For you rescue those who persevere for you, O Lord, and you free them from the hands of the Gentiles.
13. You exalted my habitation upon the earth, and I made supplication that death would pass away.
14. I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, so that he would not abandon me in the day of my tribulation, nor in the time of arrogance without assistance.
15. I will praise your name unceasingly, and I will praise it with thanksgiving, for my prayer was heeded.
16. And you freed me from perdition, and you rescued me from the time of iniquity.
17. Because of this, I will give thanks and praise to you, and I will bless the name of the Lord.
18. When I was still young, before I wandered astray, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.