Tehillim 116

¹I love Hashem , because He hath heard

my kol (voice) , even my techinnah.

²Because He hath inclined His ozen (ear) unto me,

therefore will I call upon Him while I have days.

³Chevlei mavet (pangs of death) encompassed me,

and the metzarei She'ol (confines, straitnesses of She'ol) have caught up with me and found me;

tzoros and yagon (sorrow) I found.

⁴Then called I b'Shem Hashem :

O Hashem , save my nefesh!

⁵Channun (gracious) is Hashem , and tzaddik;

yes, Eloheinu is merciful.

⁶Hashem is shomer over the petayim (simple-hearted, helpless) ;

I was in need and li yehoshia (me He saved) .

⁷Return, my nefesh, to thy menuchah (rest, resting place) ;

for Hashem hath dealt bountifully with thee.

⁸For Thou hast saved my nefesh from mavet (death) ,

mine eye from dimah (tears) ,

and mine regel (foot) from stumbling.

⁹I will walk before Hashem

in the Artzot HaChayim (the Land of the Living) .

¹⁰He'emaneti (I believed) ;

therefore have I spoken; I was greatly afflicted.

¹¹I said in my chafaz (haste, alarm, consternation) ,

Kol HaAdam Kozev (all men are liars) .

¹²How shall I repay Hashem

for all His benefits to me?

¹³I will raise the Kos Yeshu'ot (the Cup of Salvation) ,

and call upon Hashem b'Shem (by Name) .

¹⁴I will fulfill my nederim (vows) unto Hashem now

in the presence of all His people.

¹⁵Precious in the eyes of Hashem

is the mavet of His Chasidim.

¹⁶O Hashem , truly I am Thy eved;

I am Thy eved, ben amatecha (the son of Thy maid servant) ;

Thou hast removed my chains.

¹⁷I will sacrifice to Thee the zevach todah (the thanksgiving offering)

and will call on the Shem Hashem .

¹⁸I will fulfill my nederim to Hashem now

in the presence of all His people.

¹⁹In the khatzerot Beis Hashem ,

in the midst of thee, O Yerushalayim.

Praise ye Hashem .