Psalm 116

I Love the Lord

1I love the Lord , because he has heard[#Ps. 18:1; #Ps. 66:19; 118:21]

my voice and my pleas for mercy.

2Because he inclined his ear to me,[#Ps. 31:2]

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

3The snares of death encompassed me;[#Ps. 18:4]

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

4Then I called on the name of the Lord :[#Ps. 118:5; Ps. 18:6]

“O Lord , I pray, deliver my soul!”

5Gracious is the Lord , and righteous;[#Ps. 86:15; #Ps. 7:9; 119:137; 145:17; Ezra 9:15; Neh. 9:8; Jer. 12:1; Dan. 9:7]

our God is merciful.

6The Lord preserves the simple;[#Ps. 19:7]

when I was brought low, he saved me.

7Return, O my soul, to your rest;[#Jer. 6:16; Matt. 11:28]

for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8For you have delivered my soul from death,[#Ps. 49:15; 56:13; Ps. 86:13]

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling;

9I will walk before the Lord

in the land of the living.

10I believed, even when I spoke:[#2 Cor. 4:13; #Ps. 39:3; #116:10 Or believed, indeed ; Septuagint]

“I am greatly afflicted”;

11I said in my alarm,[#Ps. 31:22]

“All mankind are liars.”

12What shall I render to the Lord[#2 Chr. 32:25]

for all his benefits to me?

13I will lift up the cup of salvation[#Ps. 16:5]

and call on the name of the Lord ,

14I will pay my vows to the Lord[#Ps. 50:14]

in the presence of all his people.

15Precious in the sight of the Lord[#Ps. 72:14]

is the death of his saints.

16O Lord , I am your servant;[#Ps. 119:125; 143:12; Ps. 113:1]

I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.

You have loosed my bonds.

17I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving[#Ps. 50:14]

and call on the name of the Lord .

18I will pay my vows to the Lord[#14]

in the presence of all his people,

19in the courts of the house of the Lord ,[#Ps. 92:13]

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord !

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