Psalm 116

Dilexi, quoniam

¹ I love the Lord,*

because he heard the voice of my prayer,

² Because he inclined his ear to me;*

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

³ The snares of death encompassed me, and the pains of the Grave laid hold of me;*

I suffered trouble and sorrow.

⁴ Then I called upon the Name of the Lord:*

"O Lord, I beseech you, deliver my soul."

⁵ Gracious is the Lord and righteous;*

indeed, our God is full of compassion.

⁶ The Lord preserves the simple;*

I was in misery, and he helped me.

⁷ Turn again to your rest, O my soul,*

for the Lord has rewarded you.

⁸ You have delivered my soul from death,*

my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.

⁹ I will walk before the Lord*

in the land of the living.

¹⁰ I believed, and therefore will I speak: "I am greatly troubled."*

I said in my haste, "All men are liars."

¹¹ What shall I give unto the Lord*

for all the benefits that he has done unto me?

¹² I will lift up the cup of salvation*

and call upon the Name of the Lord.

¹³ I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of all his people;*

dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

¹⁴ O Lord, I am your servant;*

I am your servant, and the child of your handmaid; you have broken my bonds asunder.

¹⁵ I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving*

and will call upon the Name of the Lord.

¹⁶ I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the sight of all his people,*

in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

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