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.