Psalm 116
I Love the Lord
116 I ylove the LORD, because he has zheard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he ainclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 bThe snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then cI called on the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”
5 dGracious is the LORD, and erighteous;
our God is fmerciful.
6 The LORD preserves gthe simple;
when hI was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your irest;
for the LORD has jdealt bountifully with you.
8 For kyou have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
9 I will walk before the LORD
lin the land of the living.
10 mI believed, neven when1 I spoke:
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 oI said in my alarm,
p“All mankind are liars.”
12 What shall I qrender to the LORD
for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up rthe cup of salvation
and scall on the name of the LORD,
14 I will tpay my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all his people.
15 uPrecious in the sight of the LORD
is the death of his vsaints.
16 O LORD, I am your wservant;
I am your servant, xthe son of your maidservant.
You have yloosed my bonds.
17 I will zoffer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and scall on the name of the LORD.
18 I will tpay my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all his people,
19 in athe courts of the house of the LORD,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
bPraise the LORD!