Psalms 116 — WBMSE

116Verse 1Alleluia. I loved the Lord; for the Lord shall hear the voice of my prayer. (Alleluia. I love the Lord; for the Lord hath heard the words of my prayer.)^{Verse 2}For he bowed down his ear to me; and I shall inwardly call him in my days (or and I shall call to him in all my days).^{Verse 3}The sorrows of death (en)compassed me; and the perils of hell found me. I found tribulation and sorrow; (The sorrows of death surrounded me; and the perils of Sheol, or the land of the dead, took hold of me. And I found myself in trouble and in sorrow;)^{Verse 4}and I called inwardly the name of the Lord. Thou, Lord, deliver my soul; (and I called on the name of the Lord, (saying), O Lord, save my soul! or O Lord, save me!)^{Verse 5}the Lord is merciful, and just, (or the Lord is merciful, and he is good); and our God doeth mercy.^{Verse 6}And the Lord keepeth little children; I was meeked, and he delivered me. (And the Lord keepeth safe the simple-hearted; yea, I was brought down low, but he saved me.)^{Verse 7}My soul, turn thou (again) into thy rest; for the Lord hath done well to thee. (My soul, return to thy rest; for the Lord hath been good to thee.)^{Verse 8}For he hath delivered my soul from death; mine eyes from weepings, and my feet from falling down. (For he hath saved me from death; yea, he stopped my eyes from weeping, and my feet from slipping, or stumbling.)^{Verse 9}I shall please the Lord; in the country of them that live. (I shall walk before the Lord; in the land of the living.)^{Verse 10}I believed, for which thing I spake; forsooth I was made low full much. (And I continued to believe; even when I was brought down so very low.)^{Verse 11}I said in my passing; Each man is a liar. (And I said in my panic or And I said when I was afraid, Everyone is a liar.)^{Verse 12}What shall I yield to the Lord; for all things which he hath yielded to me? (But what can I give back to the Lord; for all that he hath given to me?)^{Verse 13}I shall take the cup of health; and I shall inwardly call the name of the Lord. (I shall take the cup of salvation, or of deliverance; and I shall call on the name of the Lord.)^{Verse 14}I shall yield my vows to the Lord before all his people; (I shall pay my vows to the Lord; in the sight of all his people.)^{Verse 15}the death of saints of the Lord is precious in his sight. (The Lord is deeply moved by the death of any of his saints.)^{Verse 16}O! Lord, for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid, (or I am thy servant, and the son of thy servantess). Thou hast broken my bonds,^{Verse 17}to thee I shall offer a sacrifice of praising; and I shall inwardly call the name of the Lord. (and so I shall offer a sacrifice of praise to thee; and I shall call on the name of the Lord.)^{Verse 18}I shall yield my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people; (I shall pay my vows to the Lord, before all his people;)^{Verse 19}in the foreyards of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem. (in the courtyards of the House of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.)