Psalms 116
1 I have loved, because YHWH hears My voice, my supplication,
I love Yahweh because he hears my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.
Because he listened to me, I will 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 cords of death surrounded me, and the snares of Sheol confronted me; I felt anguish and sorrow. (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 Yahweh: “Please Yahweh, rescue my life.”
5 YHWH [is] gracious, and righteous, Indeed, our God [is] merciful,
Yahweh is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate.
6 YHWH [is] a preserver of the simple, I was low, and He gives salvation to me.
Yahweh protects the naive; I was brought low, and he saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your rest, For YHWH has conferred benefits on you.
My soul can return to its resting place, for Yahweh has been good to me.
8 For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.
For you rescued my life from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
9 I habitually walk before YHWH In the lands of the living.
I will serve Yahweh in the land of the living.
10 I have believed, for I speak, I have been greatly afflicted.
I believed in him, even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”
11 I said in my haste, “Every man [is] a liar.”
In my confusion I said, “All men are liars.”
12 What do I return to YHWH? All His benefits [are] on me.
How can I repay Yahweh for all his kindnesses to me?
13 I lift up the cup of salvation, And in the Name of YHWH I call.
I will raise the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh.
14 Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before all His people.
I will fulfill my vows to Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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.
Yahweh, indeed, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your servant woman; you have taken away 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 Yahweh.
18 Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before all His people,
I will fulfill my vows to Yahweh 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 Yahweh's house, in your midst, Jerusalem. Praise Yahweh.
