Psalm 116

I Love the Lord

116I ^ylove the Lord, because he has ^zheard

my voice and my pleas for mercy.

²Because he ^ainclined his ear to me,

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

^3bThe snares of death encompassed me;

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

⁴Then ^cI called on the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

^5dGracious is the Lord, and ^erighteous;

our God is ^fmerciful.

⁶The Lord preserves ^gthe simple;

when ^hI was brought low, he saved me.

⁷Return, O my soul, to your ⁱrest;

for the Lord has ^jdealt bountifully with you.

⁸For ^kyou have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling;

⁹I will walk before the Lord

^lin the land of the living.

^10mI believed, ⁿeven when¹ I spoke:

“I am greatly afflicted”;

^11oI said in my alarm,

^p“All mankind are liars.”

¹²What shall I ^qrender to the Lord

for all his benefits to me?

¹³I will lift up ^rthe cup of salvation

and ^scall on the name of the Lord,

¹⁴I will ^tpay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people.

^15uPrecious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his ^vsaints.

¹⁶O Lord, I am your ^wservant;

I am your servant, ^xthe son of your maidservant.

You have ^yloosed my bonds.

¹⁷I will ^zoffer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving

and ^scall on the name of the Lord.

¹⁸I will ^tpay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹in ^athe courts of the house of the Lord,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

^bPraise the Lord!