Psalm 116

¹I LOVE the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

²Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon himas 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 the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

⁵Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

⁶The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

⁸For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, andmy feet from falling.

⁹I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

¹⁰I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted:

¹¹I said in my haste, All men are a lie.

¹²What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

¹³I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.

¹⁴I will pay my vows unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

¹⁶O LORD, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds.

¹⁷I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.

¹⁸I will pay my vows unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all his people.

¹⁹In the courts of the LORD’S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.