OEBcth - Psalms - 116

116:1  I love the Lord, for he hears my voice, my pleas for mercy.

116:2  For he has inclined his ear to me: I will call upon him as long as I live.

116:3  About me were snares of death, the anguish of Sheol was upon me: distress and sorrow were mine.

116:4  Then I called on the name of the Lord: “I beseech you, O Lord, deliver me.”

116:5  Gracious and just is the Lord, compassionate is our God.

116:6  The Lord preserves the simple; when I was drooping, he saved me.

116:7  Be at peace, my heart, once more, for the Lord has been good to you.

116:8  You have rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

116:9  Before the Lord I will walk in the land of the living.

116:10  I held fast my faith, though I said, “Ah me! I am sore afflicted“,

116:11  though in my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.”

116:12  What shall I render the Lord for all his bounty to me?

116:13  I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord.

116:14  I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.

116:15  Grave in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his loyal and loved ones.

116:16  Ah, Lord! I am your servant, your servant, child of your handmaid. You have loosened my bonds.

116:17  I will offer to you a thank-offering, and call on the name of the Lord.

116:18  I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,

116:19  in the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah.