9 So I raised my voice from the grave;from the gates of Sheol I cried for help.
10 I called out: Lord, you are my Father,my champion, my savior!Do not abandon me in time of trouble,in the midst of storms and dangers.
11 I will always praise your nameand remember you in prayer!Then the Lord heard my voice,and listened to my appeal.
12 He saved me from every eviland preserved me in time of trouble.For this reason I thank and praise him;I bless the name of the Lord.
13 When I was young and innocent,I sought wisdom.
14 She came to me in her beauty,and until the end I will cultivate her.
15 As the blossoms yielded to ripening grapes,the heart’s joy,My feet kept to the level pathbecause from earliest youth I was familiar with her.