< Psalms 116 >
1 Alleluia. I have loved: therefore, the Lord will heed the voice of my prayer.
2 For he has inclined his ear to me. And in my days, I will call upon him.
3 The sorrows of death have surrounded me, and the perils of Hell have found me. I have found tribulation and sorrow. (Sheol )
4 And so, I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, free my soul.
5 Merciful is the Lord, and just. And our God is compassionate.
6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones. I was humbled, and he freed me.
7 Turn again, my soul, to your rest. For the Lord has done good to you.
8 For he has rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from slipping.
9 I will please the Lord in the land of the living.
10 Alleluia. I had confidence, because of what I was saying, but then I was greatly humbled.
11 I said in my excess, “Every man is a liar.”
12 What shall I repay to the Lord, for all the things that he has repaid to me?
13 I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
14 I will repay my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his holy ones.
16 O Lord, because I am your servant, your servant and the son of your handmaid, you have broken my bonds.
17 I will sacrifice to you the sacrifice of praise, and I will invoke the name of the Lord.
18 I will repay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem.
