I Love the Lord

116 I ylove the Lord, because he has zheard

my voice and my pleas for mercy.

2  Because he ainclined his ear to me,

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

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;

9  I will walk before the Lord

lin the land of the living.

10  mI believed, neven when1 I spoke:

“I am greatly afflicted”;

11  oI said in my alarm,

p“All mankind are liars.”

12  What shall I qrender to the Lord

for all his benefits to me?

13  I will lift up rthe cup of salvation

and scall on the name of the Lord,

14  I will tpay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people.

15  uPrecious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his vsaints.

16  O Lord, I am your wservant;

I am your servant, xthe son of your maidservant.

You have yloosed my bonds.

17  I will zoffer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving

and scall on the name of the Lord.

18  I will tpay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

19  in athe courts of the house of the Lord,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

bPraise the Lord!