Psalms 116
1 I have loved, because YHWH hears My voice, my supplication,
I love Yahweh—because he heareth my voice, my supplications;
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.
Because he hath bowed down his ear unto me, therefore, throughout my days, will I call.
3 Cords of death have surrounded me, And straits of Sheol have found me, I find distress and sorrow. (Sheol h7585)
The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found; (Sheol h7585)
4 And in the Name of YHWH I call: Ah, now, O YHWH, deliver my soul,
But, on the Name of Yahweh, I called—I beseech thee, Yahweh, deliver my soul.
5 YHWH [is] gracious, and righteous, Indeed, our God [is] merciful,
Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and, our God, is full of compassion.
6 YHWH [is] a preserver of the simple, I was low, and He gives salvation to me.
Yahweh, preserveth the simple, I was brought low, when, to me, he granted salvation.
7 Return, O my soul, to your rest, For YHWH has conferred benefits on you.
Return, O my soul, to thy rest, For, Yahweh, 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 rescued my soul from death, —mine eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9 I habitually walk before YHWH In the lands of the living.
I will walk to and fro before Yahweh, in the lands of life.
10 I have believed, for I speak, I have been greatly afflicted.
I believed that I should speak, I, was greatly depressed.
11 I said in my haste, “Every man [is] a liar.”
I, said in mine alarm, All men, are false!
12 What do I return to YHWH? All His benefits [are] on me.
How shall I give back to Yahweh, All his benefits unto me?
13 I lift up the cup of salvation, And in the Name of YHWH I call.
The cup of salvation, will I lift, and, on the Name of Yahweh, will I call:
14 Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before all His people.
My vows—to Yahweh, will I pay, Might it be in presence of all his people!
15 Precious in the eyes of YHWH [is] the death of His saints.
Costly in the eyes of Yahweh, is, death, for his men of lovingkindness.
16 Ah, now, O YHWH, for I [am] Your servant; I [am] Your servant, son of Your handmaid; You have opened my bonds.
I beseech thee, O Yahweh—for, I, am thy servant, —I, am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid, Thou hast loosened my bonds.
17 I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks to You, And in the Name of YHWH I call.
To thee, will I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and, on the Name of Yahweh, will I call:
18 Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before all His people,
My vows—to Yahweh, will I pay, Might it be 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 Yahweh, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Yah!
