I Love the Lord
116 I (A)love the Lord, because he has (B)heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he (C)inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 (D)The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then (E)I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
5 (F)Gracious is the Lord, and (G)righteous;
our God is (H)merciful.
6 The Lord preserves (I)the simple;
when (J)I was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your (K)rest;
for the Lord has (L)dealt bountifully with you.
8 For (M)you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
9 I will walk before the Lord
(N)in the land of the living.
10 (O)I believed, (P)even when[a] I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 (Q)I said in my alarm,
(R)“All mankind are liars.”
12 What shall I (S)render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up (T)the cup of salvation
and (U)call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will (V)pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15 (W)Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his (X)saints.
16 O Lord, I am your (Y)servant;
I am your servant, (Z)the son of your maidservant.
You have (AA)loosed my bonds.
17 I will (AB)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and (AC)call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will (AD)pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in (AE)the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
(AF)Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 116:10 Or believed, indeed; Septuagint believed, therefore
Cross references
- Psalm 116:1 : Ps. 18:1
- Psalm 116:1 : Ps. 66:19; 118:21
- Psalm 116:2 : [Ps. 31:2]
- Psalm 116:3 : See Ps. 18:4
- Psalm 116:4 : Ps. 118:5; See Ps. 18:6
- Psalm 116:5 : See Ps. 86:15
- Psalm 116:5 : Ps. 7:9; 119:137; 145:17; Ezra 9:15; Neh. 9:8; Jer. 12:1; Dan. 9:7
- Psalm 116:5 : See Ps. 62:12
- Psalm 116:6 : See Ps. 19:7
- Psalm 116:6 : Ps. 79:8; 142:6
- Psalm 116:7 : Jer. 6:16; [Matt. 11:23]
- Psalm 116:7 : See Ps. 13:6
- Psalm 116:8 : Ps. 49:15; 56:13; [Ps. 86:13]
- Psalm 116:9 : See Ps. 27:13
- Psalm 116:10 : Cited 2 Cor. 4:13
- Psalm 116:10 : [Ps. 39:3]
- Psalm 116:11 : Ps. 31:22
- Psalm 116:11 : [Ps. 62:9]
- Psalm 116:12 : 2 Chr. 32:25
- Psalm 116:13 : [Ps. 16:5]
- Psalm 116:13 : See Ps. 99:6; 105:1
- Psalm 116:14 : See Ps. 50:14
- Psalm 116:15 : See Ps. 72:14
- Psalm 116:15 : See Ps. 50:5
- Psalm 116:16 : Ps. 119:125; 143:12; [Ps. 113:1]
- Psalm 116:16 : Ps. 86:16
- Psalm 116:16 : [Job 12:18]
- Psalm 116:17 : See Ps. 50:14
- Psalm 116:17 : [See ver. 13 above]; See Ps. 99:6; 105:1
- Psalm 116:18 : [See ver. 14 above]; See Ps. 50:14
- Psalm 116:19 : See Ps. 92:13
- Psalm 116:19 : See Ps. 104:35