Psalm 116

[1]   I love the LORD, because he has heard  

          my voice and my supplications.  

[2]   Because he inclined his ear to me,   

          therefore I will call on him as long as I live.  

[3]   The snares of death encompassed me;  

          the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;  

          I suffered distress and anguish.  

[4]   Then I called on the name of the LORD:  

          "O LORD, I pray, save my life!"

[5]   Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;  

          our God is merciful.  

[6]   The LORD protects the simple;  

          when I was brought low, he saved me.  

[7]   Return, O my soul, to your rest,  

          for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

[8]   For you have delivered my soul from death,  

          my eyes from tears,  

          my feet from stumbling.  

[9]   I walk before the LORD  

          in the land of the living.  

[10]  I kept my faith, even when I said,  

          "I am greatly afflicted";  

[11]  I said in my consternation,  

          "Everyone is a liar."

[12]  What shall I return to the LORD  

          for all his bounty to me?  

[13]   I will lift up the cup of salvation  

          and call on the name of the LORD,  

[14]  I will pay my vows to the LORD  

          in the presence of all his people.  

[15]  Precious in the sight of the LORD  

          is the death of his faithful ones.  

[16]  O LORD, I am your servant;  

          I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.  

          You have loosed my bonds.  

[17]  I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice  

          and call on the name of the LORD.  

[18]  I will pay my vows to the LORD  

          in the presence of all his people,  

[19]  in the courts of the house of the LORD,  

          in your midst, O Jerusalem.  

     Praise the LORD!