Chapter 116
Psalms
Verse 1I love the LORD, because he has heardmy voice and my pleas for mercy.Verse 2Because he inclined his ear to me,therefore I will call on him as long as I live.Verse 3The snares of death encompassed me;the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;I suffered distress and anguish.Verse 4Then I called on the name of the LORD:“O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”Verse 5Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;our God is merciful.Verse 6The LORD preserves the simple;when I was brought low, he saved me.Verse 7Return, O my soul, to your rest;for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.Verse 8For you have delivered my soul from death,my eyes from tears,my feet from stumbling;Verse 9I will walk before the LORDin the land of the living.Verse 10I believed, even when I spoke:“I am greatly afflicted”;Verse 11I said in my alarm,“All mankind are liars.”Verse 12What shall I render to the LORDfor all his benefits to me?Verse 13I will lift up the cup of salvationand call on the name of the LORD,Verse 14I will pay my vows to the LORDin the presence of all his people.Verse 15Precious in the sight of the LORDis the death of his saints.Verse 16O LORD, I am your servant;I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.You have loosed my bonds.Verse 17I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgivingand call on the name of the LORD.Verse 18I will pay my vows to the LORDin the presence of all his people,Verse 19in the courts of the house of the LORD,in your midst, O Jerusalem.Praise the LORD!
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