Psalms Chapter 116 - Revised Standard Version

Psalms Chapter 116 - Revised Standard Version

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

^2. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

^3. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

^4. Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, I beseech thee, save my life!"

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

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

^7. Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

^8. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;

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

^10. I kept my faith, even when I said, "I am greatly afflicted";

^11. I said in my consternation, "Men are all a vain hope."

^12. What shall I render to the LORD for all his bounty to me?

^13. I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD,

^14. I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.

^15. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

^16. O LORD, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds.

^17. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.

^18. I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,

^19. in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

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