Psalms 116

1 I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.

Alleluia. I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication.

2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.

Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live.

3 The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow: (Sheol h7585)

The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow. (Sheol h7585)

4 And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.

Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul.

5 The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

The Lord is merciful and righteous; yea, our God has pity.

6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was little and he delivered me.

The Lord preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me.

7 Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.

8 For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

9 I will please the Lord in the land of the living.

I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living.

10 I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.

Alleluia. I believed, wherefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted.

11 I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar.

12 What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things he hath rendered unto me?

What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he has rewarded me?

13 I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.

14 I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:

I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people.

15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

16 O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast burst by bonds asunder.

17 I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

18 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:

I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the presence of all his people,

19 In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem.