Psalm 116

¹I love Jehovah, because he heareth

My voice and my supplications.

²Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,

Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

³The cords of death compassed me,

And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me:

I found trouble and sorrow.

⁴Then called I upon the name of Jehovah:

O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

⁵Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous;

Yea, our God is merciful.

⁶Jehovah preserveth the simple:

I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷Return unto thy rest, O my soul;

For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.

⁸For thou hast delivered my soul from death,

Mine eyes from tears,

And my feet from falling.

⁹I will walk before Jehovah

In the land of the living.

¹⁰I believe, for I will speak:

I was greatly afflicted:

¹¹I said in my haste,

All men are liars.

¹²What shall I render unto Jehovah

For all his benefits toward me?

¹³I will take the cup of salvation,

And call upon the name of Jehovah.

¹⁴I will pay my vows unto Jehovah,

Yea, in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight of Jehovah

Is the death of his saints.

¹⁶O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant:

I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid;

Thou hast loosed my bonds.

¹⁷I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And will call upon the name of Jehovah.

¹⁸I will pay my vows unto Jehovah,

Yea, in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹In the courts of Jehovah’s house,

In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Praise ye Jehovah.