Psalms 116
1 I have loved, because YHWH hears My voice, my supplication,
I love the LORD, because he has heard 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 will I call on him 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 sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold on 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 called I on the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech you, deliver my soul.
5 YHWH [is] gracious, and righteous, Indeed, our God [is] merciful,
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.
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 helped me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your rest, For YHWH has conferred benefits on you.
Return to your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I habitually walk before YHWH In the lands of the living.
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10 I have believed, for I speak, I have been greatly afflicted.
I believed, therefore have I spoken: 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 the LORD 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 on 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 now 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, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you 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 you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on 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 now 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 middle of you, O Jerusalem. Praise you the LORD.
