Psalms 116

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

I love the Lord, for he hears my voice, my pleas for mercy.

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

For he has inclined his ear to me: I will 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)

About me were snares of death, the anguish of Sheol was upon me: distress and sorrow were mine. (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: ‘I beseech you, O Lord, deliver me.’

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

Gracious and just is the Lord, compassionate is our God.

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

The Lord preserves the simple; when I was drooping, he saved me.

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

Be at peace, my heart, once more, for the Lord has been good to you.

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

You have rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

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

Before the Lord I will walk in the land of the living.

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

I held fast my faith, though I said, ‘Ah me! I am sore afflicted,’

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

though in my alarm I said, ‘Everyone is a liar.’

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

What shall I render the Lord for all his bounty to me?

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

I will lift up 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 in the presence of all his people.

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

Grave in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his loyal and loved ones.

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

Ah, Lord! I am your servant, your servant, child of your handmaid. You have loosened my bonds.

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

I will offer to you a thank-offering, and 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 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 house of the Lord, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah.