Psalm 116

Jubilee Bible 2000

¹ ¶ I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.

² Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore I will call upon him all of my days.

³ The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of Sheol found me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.

⁴ Then I called upon the name of the LORD, saying, O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

⁵ Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

⁶ The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷ Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with thee.

⁸ For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

⁹ I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

¹⁰ ¶ I believed, therefore I spoke, and was greatly afflicted;

¹¹ I said in my haste, All men are liars.

¹² What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

¹³ I will take the cup of saving health and invoke the name of the LORD.

¹⁴ I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his merciful ones.

¹⁶ This is so, O LORD, because I am thy slave; I am thy slave, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds.

¹⁷ I will offer unto thee the sacrifice of praise and will invoke the name of the LORD.

¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹ in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Halelu-JAH.