1. I give you thanks, O Lord and King;I praise you as my God and Saviour.I give you thanks,
2. for you have helped me and protected me.You have rescued me from death,from dangerous lies and slander.
3. You helped me when no one else would;in your great mercy you saved mefrom the many troubles I have known:from the glaring hatred of my enemies,who wanted to put an end to my life;
4. from suffocation in oppressive smokerising from fires I did not light;
5. from death itself;from vicious slander reported to the king.
6. I was once brought face to face with death;
7. enemies surrounded me everywhere.I looked for someone to help me,but there was no one there.
8. But then, O Lord, I remembered how merciful you areand what you had done in times past.I remembered that you rescue those who rely on you,that you save them from their enemies.
9. Then from here on earth I prayed to youto rescue me from death.