< Psalms 116 >
1 Alleluia. I am well pleased, because the Lord will listen to the voice of my supplication.
I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.
2 Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.
3 The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow. (Sheol )
The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow: (Sheol )
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul.
And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.
5 The Lord is merciful and righteous; yes, our God has pity.
The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.
6 The Lord preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me.
The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was little and he delivered me.
7 Return to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
8 For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
9 I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living.
I will please the Lord in the land of the living.
10 Alleluia. I believed, therefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted.
I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.
11 And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar.
I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.
12 What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he has rewarded me?
What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things he hath rendered unto me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people.
I will pay my vows to the Lord before 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, I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have burst by bonds asunder.
O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord.
I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people,
I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:
19 in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem.
In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.