Psalms 116
1 I have loved, because YHWH hears My voice, my supplication,
I LOVE the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon 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 gat 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 called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5 YHWH [is] gracious, and righteous, Indeed, our God [is] merciful,
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
6 YHWH [is] a preserver of the simple, I was low, and He gives salvation to me.
The Lord preserveth 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 unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8 For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.
For thou hast 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 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 unto 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 upon the name of the Lord.
14 Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before all His people.
I will pay my vows unto 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 thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast 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 the Lord.
18 Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before all His people,
I will pay my vows unto 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 midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
