Psalm 116

PSALM 116

I Love Yahweh

^1aI love Yahweh, because He ^bhears

My voice and my supplications.

²Because He has ^ainclined His ear to me,

So I shall call upon Him in all my days.

³The ^acords of death encompassed me

And the ¹distresses of Sheol found me;

I found distress and sorrow.

⁴Then ^aI called upon the name of Yahweh:

“O Yahweh, I beseech You, ^1bprovide my soul escape!”

^5aGracious is Yahweh, and ^brighteous;

And our God is ^ccompassionate.

⁶Yahweh keeps ^athe simple;

I was ^bbrought low, and He saved me.

⁷Return to your ^arest, O my soul,

For Yahweh has ^bdealt bountifully with you.

⁸For You have ^arescued my soul from death,

My eyes from tears,

My feet from stumbling.

⁹I shall walk before Yahweh

In the ^1aland of the living.

¹⁰I ^abelieved when I said,

“I am ^bgreatly afflicted.”

¹¹I ^asaid in my alarm,

“^bAll men are liars.”

¹²What shall I ^agive to Yahweh in return

For all His ^bbountiful dealings ¹with me?

¹³I shall lift up the ^acup of ¹salvation

And ^bcall upon the name of Yahweh.

¹⁴I shall ^apay my vows to Yahweh,

Oh may it be ^bin the presence of all His people.

^15aPrecious in the sight of Yahweh

Is the death of His holy ones.

¹⁶O Yahweh, ¹surely I am ^aYour slave,

I am Your slave, the ^bson of Your maidservant,

You have ^cloosed my bonds.

¹⁷To You I shall offer ^aa sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And ^bcall upon the name of Yahweh.

¹⁸I shall ^apay my vows to Yahweh,

Oh may it be in the presence of all His people,

¹⁹In the ^acourts of the house of Yahweh,

In the midst of you, O ^bJerusalem.

¹Praise Yah!