Psalmen 116

1. ¹I love that the LORD should hear my voice and my supplications.
2. ²Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him all my days.
3. ³The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.
4. ⁴But I called upon the name of the LORD: 'I beseech thee, O LORD, deliver my soul.'
5. ⁵Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is compassionate.
6. ⁶The LORD preserveth the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
7. ⁷Return, O my soul, unto Thy rest; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8. ⁸For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
9. ⁹I shall walk before the LORD in the lands of the living.
10. ¹⁰I trusted even when I spoke: 'I am greatly afflicted.'
11. ¹¹I said in my haste: 'All men are liars.'
12. ¹²How can I repay unto the LORD all His bountiful dealings toward me?
13. ¹³I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
14. ¹⁴My vows will I pay unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all His people.
15. ¹⁵Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
16. ¹⁶I beseech Thee, O LORD, for I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bands.
17. ¹⁷I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
18. ¹⁸I will pay my vows unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all His people;
19. ¹⁹In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah.

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