Psa 116 | ABEn | STEP | Alleluiah. I loved that [ 2 shall listen to the lord ] the voice of my supplication.

Psalms 116

PSALM 116

The LORD Listens to the Afflicted

Alleluiah.

1 I loved that [²shall listen to the lord] the voice of my supplication. 2 For he leaned his ear to me; and during my days I shall call upon him. 3 [³compassed ⁴me ¹The pangs ²of death]; the dangers of Hades found me; [²affliction ³and ⁴grief ¹I found]. 4 And the name of the lord I called upon. O lord rescue my soul! 5 [³is merciful ¹The ² lord] and just; and our God shows mercy. 6 [³is the one guarding ⁴the ⁵infants ¹The ² lord]. I was humbled, and he delivered me. 7 Return, O my soul, to your rest! for the lord benefited you. 8 For he rescued my soul from out of death; my eyes from tears, and my feet from a slip. 9 I should be well-pleasing before the lord in the place of the living. 10 I trusted, therefore I spoke; but I was humbled exceedingly. 11 And I said in my change of state, Every man is a liar. 12 What shall I recompense to the lord for all which he recompensed to me? 13 The cup of deliverance I shall take; and the name of the lord I shall call upon. 14 My vows to the lord I will render before all his people. 15 Esteemed before the lord is the death of his sacred ones. 16 O lord I am [²servant ¹your]; I am [²servant ¹your], and a son of your maidservant. You tore up my bonds. 17 To you I shall sacrifice a sacrifice of praise, and [²in ³the name ⁴of the lord ¹I will call]. 18 [²my vows ³to the ⁴ lord ¹I will render] before all his people, 19 in the courtyards of the house of the lord, in the midst of you, Jerusalem.