9. Our lives are in his hands,and he keeps our feet from stumbling.
10. You have tested us, O God;you have purified us like silver.
11. You captured us in your netand laid the burden of slavery on our backs.
12. Then you put a leader over us.We went through fire and flood,but you brought us to a place of great abundance.
13. Now I come to your Temple with burnt offeringsto fulfill the vows I made to you—
14. yes, the sacred vows that I madewhen I was in deep trouble.
15. That is why I am sacrificing burnt offerings to you—the best of my rams as a pleasing aroma,and a sacrifice of bulls and male goats.Interlude
16. Come and listen, all you who fear God,and I will tell you what he did for me.
17. For I cried out to him for help,praising him as I spoke.
18. If I had not confessed the sin in my heart,the Lord would not have listened.
19. But God did listen!He paid attention to my prayer.