Psalm 116
1I
love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found
trouble and sorrow.
4Then called I upon the
name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5Gracious
is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
6The
LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
7Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet
from falling.
9I will walk before the LORD
in the land of the living.
10I believed, therefore
have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
11I
said in my haste, All men are liars.
12What
shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
13I
will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
14I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
16O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid:
thou hast loosed my bonds.
17I will offer
to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
18I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
19In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise
ye the LORD.