Psalm 116
Thanksgiving to God for Help Received
1 I love the Lord because he has heard my voice
and listened to my cry for mercy,
2 because he has inclined his ear to me
on the day when I called out to him.
3 The bonds of death encompassed me;
the snares of the netherworld held me tightly.
I was seized by distress and sorrow.
4 Then I cried out in the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I entreat you to preserve my life.”
5 Gracious is the Lord and righteous;
our God is merciful.
6 The Lord watches over his little ones;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
7 Be at peace once again, O my soul,
for the Lord has shown mercy to you.
8 He has delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
and my feet from stumbling.
9 I will walk in the presence of the Lord
in the land of the living.
10 I believed; therefore, I said,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
11 In my dismay I cried out,
“All men are liars.”
12 How can I repay the Lord
for all the good he has done for me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of his people.
15 Precious in the eyes of the Lord
is the death of his faithful ones.
16 O Lord, I am your servant.
I am your servant, the child of your handmaid;
you have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Alleluia.
Footnotes
- Psalm 116:1
- Psalm 116:1
- Psalm 116:2
- Psalm 116:3
- Psalm 116:4
- Psalm 116:6
- Psalm 116:8
- Psalm 116:9
- Psalm 116:10
- Psalm 116:11
- Psalm 116:13
- Psalm 116:14
- Psalm 116:15
- Psalm 116:16
- Psalm 116:19
