Psalms 116
1 I love Yahweh, because he hears me when I cry for him to help me.
I have loved, because YHWH hears My voice, my supplication,
2 He listens to me, so I will call out to him all during my life.
Because He has inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.
3 Everything around me [MET] caused me to think that I would die; I was very afraid that I would [die and go to] the place where dead people are. I was very distressed/worried and afraid. (Sheol h7585)
Cords of death have surrounded me, And straits of Sheol have found me, I find distress and sorrow. (Sheol h7585)
4 [But] then I called out to Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh, I plead with you to save/rescue me!”
And in the Name of YHWH I call: Ah, now, O YHWH, deliver my soul,
5 Yahweh is kind and does what is right; he is our God, and he acts mercifully [to us].
YHWH [is] gracious, and righteous, Indeed, our God [is] merciful,
6 He protects those who (are helpless/cannot defend themselves); and when I thought that I would die, he saved me.
YHWH [is] a preserver of the simple, I was low, and He gives salvation to me.
7 I must encourage/tell myself to (have inner peace/not worry any more), because Yahweh has done very good things for me.
Return, O my soul, to your rest, For YHWH has conferred benefits on you.
8 Yahweh has saved me [SYN] from dying, and has kept/protected me from [troubles that would cause me to] cry. He has kept/protected me from stumbling.
For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.
9 [So here] on the earth, where people are still alive, I live knowing that Yahweh is [directing] me.
I habitually walk before YHWH In the lands of the living.
10 I continued to believe/trust [in Yahweh], even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted/troubled.”
I have believed, for I speak, I have been greatly afflicted.
11 [Even] when I was distressed/worried and said, “I cannot trust anyone,” [I continued to trust in Yahweh].
I said in my haste, “Every man [is] a liar.”
12 So now [I will tell you] [RHQ] what I will offer to Yahweh, because of all the good things that he has done for me.
What do I return to YHWH? All His benefits [are] on me.
13 I will offer to him a cup [of wine] to thank him for saving/rescuing me.
I lift up the cup of salvation, And in the Name of YHWH I call.
14 When I am together with many [HYP] people who belong to Yahweh, I will give to him the offerings that I solemnly promised to give to him.
Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before all His people.
15 Yahweh is very grieved/sad when one of his people dies.
Precious in the eyes of YHWH [is] the death of His saints.
16 I am one of those who serve Yahweh; I serve him like my mother did. He has freed/saved me from dying (OR, from being fastened by chains).
Ah, now, O YHWH, for I [am] Your servant; I [am] Your servant, son of Your handmaid; You have opened my bonds.
17 [So] I will offer to him a sacrifice to thank him, and I will pray to him.
I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks to You, And in the Name of YHWH I call.
18 When I am together with many of [HYP] the people who belong to Yahweh, [in the courtyard] outside his temple in Jerusalem, I will give to him the offerings that I solemnly promised to give to him. Praise Yahweh!
Let me complete my vows to YHWH, Now, before all His people,
In the courts of the house of YHWH, In your midst, O Jerusalem, praise YAH!
