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Psalms 116 (RSV)

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