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.