Psalms 116

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

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

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

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

3 Cords of death have surrounded me, And straits of Sheol have found me, I find distress 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 in the Name of YHWH I call: Ah, now, O YHWH, deliver my soul,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I will pay my vows to the Lord, 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 the Lord is the death of his saints.

16 Ah, now, O YHWH, for I [am] Your servant; I [am] Your servant, son of Your handmaid; You have opened 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 sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks to You, And in the Name of YHWH I call.

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

18 Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before 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 YHWH, In your midst, O Jerusalem, praise YAH!

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