I love the Lord, because He hears my pleading He's heeded me; through Life I'll call on Him The cords of death and Sheol's terrors bound me In deep distress I grief and trouble found Then on the Lord's Name in prayer I called "You I implore, O Lord Deliver my soul!" To you I'll bring my off'ring Of thanksgiving With sacrifice I'll call upon the Lord I'll pay the vows I made unto Jehovah Before His people all, O may it be! Within his courts, the house Of the Lord In midst of you, Jerusalem! Praise the Lord!