Psalms 116

1 I have loved, because YHWH hears My voice, my supplication,

I love Jehovah because he hears my voice and my supplications.

2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.

Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call as long as I live.

3 Cords of death have surrounded me, And straits of Sheol have found me, I find distress and sorrow. (Sheol h7585)

The cords of death encompassed me, and the pains of Sheol got hold upon me. I found trouble and sorrow. (Sheol h7585)

4 And in the Name of YHWH I call: Ah, now, O YHWH, deliver my soul,

Then I called upon the name of Jehovah. O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

5 YHWH [is] gracious, and righteous, Indeed, our God [is] merciful,

Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous. Yea, our God is merciful.

6 YHWH [is] a preserver of the simple, I was low, and He gives salvation to me.

Jehovah preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

7 Return, O my soul, to your rest, For YHWH has conferred benefits on you.

Return to thy rest, O my soul, for Jehovah has dealt bountifully with thee.

8 For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.

For thou have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

9 I habitually walk before YHWH In the lands of the living.

I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living.

10 I have believed, for I speak, I have been greatly afflicted.

I believed, therefore I have spoken, but I was greatly afflicted.

11 I said in my haste, “Every man [is] a liar.”

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

12 What do I return to YHWH? All His benefits [are] on me.

What shall I render to Jehovah for all his benefits toward me?

13 I lift up the cup of salvation, And in the Name of YHWH I call.

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

14 Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before all His people.

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

15 Precious in the eyes of YHWH [is] the death of His saints.

Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his sanctified.

16 Ah, now, O YHWH, for I [am] Your servant; I [am] Your servant, son of Your handmaid; You have opened my bonds.

O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant. I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou have loosed my bonds.

17 I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks to You, And in the Name of YHWH I call.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of Jehovah.

18 Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before all His people,

I will pay my vows to Jehovah, yea, in the presence of all his people,

19 In the courts of the house of YHWH, In your midst, O Jerusalem, praise YAH!

in the courts of Jehovah's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.