1. I love Hashem, because He hath heard my kol (voice), even my techinnah.
2. Because He hath inclined His ozen (ear) unto me, therefore will I call upon Him while I have days.
3. Chevlei mavet (pangs of death) encompassed me, and the metzarei She'ol (confines, straitnesses of She'ol) have caught up with me and found me; tzoros and yagon (sorrow) I found.
4. Then called I b'Shem Hashem: O Hashem, save my nefesh!
5. Channun (gracious) is Hashem, and tzaddik; yes, Eloheinu is merciful.
6. Hashem is shomer over the petayim (simple-hearted, helpless); I was in need and li yehoshia (me He saved).
7. Return, my nefesh, to thy menuchah (rest, resting place); for Hashem hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8. For Thou hast saved my nefesh from mavet (death), mine eye from dimah (tears), and mine regel (foot) from stumbling.