Chapter 116

¹I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice,

And my cries for mercy.

²Because he has turned his ear to me,

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

³The cords of death surrounded me,

The pains of Sheol got a hold of me.

I found trouble and sorrow.

⁴Then called I on the name of Yahweh:

“Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

⁵Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous;

Yes, our God is merciful.

⁶Yahweh preserves the simple.

I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷Return to your rest, my soul,

For Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸For you have delivered my soul from death,

My eyes from tears,

And my feet from falling.

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

¹⁰I believed, therefore I said,

“I was greatly afflicted.”

¹¹I said in my haste,

“All men are liars.”

¹²What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?

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

¹⁴I will pay my vows to Yahweh,

Yes, in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

¹⁶Yahweh, truly I am your servant.

I am your servant, the son of your handmaid.

You have freed me from my chains.

¹⁷I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And will call on the name of Yahweh.

¹⁸I will pay my vows to Yahweh,

Yes, in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹In the courts of Yahweh’s house,

In the midst of you, Jerusalem.

Praise Yah!