Psalms 116

1I love Yahweh, because he hears my voice, my pleas for mercy.

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

3The cords of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me; I found trouble and sorrow.

4Then I called on the name of Yahweh: “Please, Yahweh, rescue my life!”

5Yahweh is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate.

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

7Return, my soul, to your rest, for Yahweh has been good to you.

8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

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

10I believed when I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”

11I said in my alarm, “Everyone is a liar.”

12What shall I give back to Yahweh for all his benefits to me?

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

14I will fulfill my vows to Yahweh in the presence of all his people.

15Precious in the eyes of Yahweh is the death of his faithful ones.

16Please, Yahweh, for I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You have loosed my bonds.

17To you I will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and I will call on the name of Yahweh.

18I will fulfill my vows to Yahweh in the presence of all his people.

19in the courts of the house of Yahweh, in your midst, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!