Psalms 116 / 150
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(I Love the Lord)
I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
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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.
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Then I called on the name of the Lord:
"O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!"
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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.
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For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
- 9
I will walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
- 10
I believed, even when I spoke,
"I am greatly afflicted";
- 11
I said in my alarm,
"All mankind are liars."
- 12
What shall I render to the Lord
for all his benefits 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 your servant;
I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.
You have loosed my bonds.
- 17
I will offer to you 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!