Psalm 116:3–8

3  bThe snares of death encompassed me;

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

4  Then cI called on the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

5  dGracious is the Lord, and erighteous;

our God is fmerciful.

6  The Lord preserves gthe simple;

when hI was brought low, he saved me.

7  Return, O my soul, to your irest;

for the Lord has jdealt bountifully with you.

8  For kyou have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling;