Psalm 116–118

Psalm 116

¹I ^alove the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.

²Because He has inclined His ear to me,

Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

^3bThe ¹pains of death surrounded me,

And the ²pangs of Sheol ³laid hold of me;

I found trouble and sorrow.

⁴Then I called upon the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”

^5cGracious is the Lord, and ^drighteous;

Yes, our God is merciful.

⁶The Lord preserves the simple;

I was brought low, and He saved me.

⁷Return to your ^erest, O my soul,

For ^fthe Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

^8gFor You have delivered my soul from death,

My eyes from tears,

And my feet from falling.

⁹I will walk before the Lord

^hIn the land of the living.

¹⁰ⁱI believed, therefore I spoke,

“I am greatly afflicted.”

^11jI said in my haste,

^k“All men are liars.”

¹²What shall I render to the Lord

For all His benefits toward me?

¹³I will take up the cup of salvation,

And call upon the name of the Lord.

^14lI will pay my vows to the Lord

Now in the presence of all His people.

^15mPrecious in the sight of the Lord

Is the death of His saints.

¹⁶O Lord, truly ⁿI am Your servant;

I am Your servant, ^othe son of Your maidservant;

You have loosed my bonds.

¹⁷I will offer to You ^pthe sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And will call upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁸I will pay my vows to the Lord

Now in the presence of all His people,

¹⁹In the ^qcourts of the Lord’s house,

In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

⁴Praise the Lord!

Psalm 117

¹Praise ^athe Lord, all you Gentiles! ¹Laud Him, all you peoples!

²For His merciful kindness is great toward us,

And ^bthe truth of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord!

Psalm 118

¹Oh, ^agive thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

^bFor His mercy endures forever.

^2cLet Israel now say,

“His mercy endures forever.”

³Let the house of Aaron now say,

“His mercy endures forever.”

⁴Let those who fear the Lord now say,

“His mercy endures forever.”

^5dI called on the Lord in distress;

The Lord answered me and ^eset me in a broad place.

^6fThe Lord is on my side;

I will not fear.

What can man do to me?

^7gThe Lord is for me among those who help me;

Therefore ^hI shall see my desire on those who hate me.

⁸ⁱIt is better to trust in the Lord

Than to put confidence in man.

^9jIt is better to trust in the Lord

Than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰All nations surrounded me,

But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

¹¹They ^ksurrounded me,

Yes, they surrounded me;

But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

¹²They surrounded me ^llike bees;

They were quenched ^mlike a fire of thorns;

For in the name of the Lord I will ¹destroy them.

¹³You pushed me violently, that I might fall,

But the Lord helped me.

¹⁴ⁿThe Lord is my strength and song,

And He has become my salvation.

¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation

Is in the tents of the righteous;

The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

^16oThe right hand of the Lord is exalted;

The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

^17pI shall not die, but live,

And ^qdeclare the works of the Lord.

¹⁸The Lord has ^rchastened ²me severely,

But He has not given me over to death.

^19sOpen to me the gates of righteousness;

I will go through them,

And I will praise the Lord.

^20tThis is the gate of the Lord,

^uThrough which the righteous shall enter.

²¹I will praise You,

For You have ^vanswered me,

And have become my salvation.

^22wThe stone which the builders rejected

Has become the chief cornerstone.

²³³This was the Lord’s doing;

It is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day the Lord has made;

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵Save now, I pray, O Lord;

O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.

^26xBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.

²⁷God is the Lord,

And He has given us ^ylight;

Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

²⁸You are my God, and I will praise You;

^zYou are my God, I will exalt You.

²⁹Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

For His mercy endures forever.