psalm

I Love the Lord

116 
I (A)love the Lord, because he has (B)heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
Because he ©inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
(D)The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
Then (E)I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

(F)Gracious is the Lord, and (G)righteous;
our God is (H)merciful.
The Lord preserves (I)the simple;
when (J)I was brought low, he saved me.
Return, O my soul, to your (K)rest;
for the Lord has (L)dealt bountifully with you.

For (M)you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
I will walk before the Lord
(N)in the land of the living.

10 (O)I believed, (P)even when[a] I spoke:
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 (Q)I said in my alarm,
®“All mankind are liars.”

12 What shall I (S)render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up (T)the cup of salvation
and (U)call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will (V)pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.

15 (W)Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his (X)saints.
16 O Lord, I am your (Y)servant;
I am your servant, (Z)the son of your maidservant.
You have (AA)loosed my bonds.
17 I will (AB)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and (AC)call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will (AD)pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in (AE)the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
(AF)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 116:10 Or believed, indeed; Septuagint believed, therefore