Psalm 116
I love the Lord, because he heard my voice
: the voice of my supplication;
Because he inclined his ear to me
: in the day that I called to him.
The cords of death encompassed me,
the snares of the grave took hold on me
: I was in anguish and sorrow.
Then I called upon the name of the Lord
: ‘O Lord, I beseech you, deliver me!’
Gracious and righteous is the Lord
: full of compassion is our God.
The Lord preserves the simple
: when I was brought low, he saved me.
Return, O my soul, to your rest
: for the Lord has rewarded you.
For you, O Lord,
have delivered my soul from death
: my eyes from tears and my feet from falling.
I will walk before the Lord
: in the land of the living.
I believed that I would perish,
I was brought very low
: I said in my haste ‘All men are liars.’
How shall I repay the Lord
: for all his benefits to me?
I will take up the cup of salvation
: and call upon the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord
: in the presence of all his people.
Grievous in the sight of the Lord
: is the death of his faithful ones.
O Lord, I am your servant,
your servant and the son of your handmaid
: you have unloosed my bonds.
I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving
: and call upon the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord
: in the presence of all his people,
In the courts of the house of the Lord
: even in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord.