116:1 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.
116:2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
116:3 The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
116:4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, I beseech thee, save my life!"
116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.
116:6 The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
116:7 Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
116:9 I walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
116:10 I kept my faith, even when I said, "I am greatly afflicted";
116:11 I said in my consternation, "Men are all a vain hope."
116:12 What shall I render to the LORD for all his bounty to me?
116:13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD,
116:14 I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
116:16 O LORD, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds.
116:17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
116:18 I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
116:19 in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
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