Psalms 116

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And I called upon 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 just, and our God sheweth mercy.

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

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

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

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

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

For he hath 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 please the Lord in the land of the living.

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

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

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

I said in my excess: 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 he hath rendered unto me?

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

I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will 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 before 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, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

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

I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I 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 to the Lord in the sight 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 house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.