I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, O King,

2 For thou wast my protector and helper,

3 And didst deliver me, according to the abundance of thy mercy, and greatness of thy name,

4 From the choking of a fire on every side,

5 Out of the depth of the belly of Hades,

6 The slander of an unrighteous tongue unto the king.

7 They compassed me on every side,

8 And I remembered thy mercy, O Lord,

9 And I lifted up my supplication from the earth,

10 I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord,

11 I will praise thy name continually,

12 For thou savedst me from destruction,

13 When I was yet young,

14 Before the temple I asked for her,

15 From her flower as from the ripening grape my heart delighted in her:

16 I bowed down mine ear a little, and received her,

17 I profited in her:

18 For I purposed to practice her,

19 My soul hath wrestled in her,

20 I set my soul aright unto her,

21 My inward part also was troubled to seek her:

22 The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward;

23 Draw near unto me, ye unlearned,

24 Say, wherefore are ye lacking in these things,

25 I opened my mouth, and spake,

26 Put your neck under the yoke,

27 Behold with your eyes,

28 Get you instruction with a great sum of silver,

29 May your soul rejoice in his mercy,

30 Work your work before the time cometh,