20 The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

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20 The Lord will save me,
    and we will sing(A) with stringed instruments(B)
all the days of our lives(C)
    in the temple(D) of the Lord.

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Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

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Because he turned his ear(A) to me,
    I will call on him as long as I live.

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Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

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praise him with timbrel and dancing,(A)
    praise him with the strings(B) and pipe,(C)

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Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

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Every day I will praise(A) you
    and extol your name(B) for ever and ever.

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19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

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19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;(A)
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights.(B)

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

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17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

18 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.

19 In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

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17 I will sacrifice a thank offering(A) to you
    and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows(B) to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts(C) of the house of the Lord
    in your midst, Jerusalem.(D)

Praise the Lord.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 116:19 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

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25 In front are the singers,(A) after them the musicians;(B)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.(C)

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13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

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13 I will come to your temple with burnt offerings(A)
    and fulfill my vows(B) to you—
14 vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.
15 I will sacrifice fat animals to you
    and an offering of rams;
    I will offer bulls and goats.(C)

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15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

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15 Open my lips, Lord,(A)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.

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Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

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Praise the Lord with the harp;(A)
    make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.(B)

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11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

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11 You turned my wailing(A) into dancing;(B)
    you removed my sackcloth(C) and clothed me with joy,(D)
12 that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
    Lord my God, I will praise(E) you forever.(F)

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For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

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For in the day of trouble(A)
    he will keep me safe(B) in his dwelling;
he will hide me(C) in the shelter of his sacred tent
    and set me high upon a rock.(D)

Then my head will be exalted(E)
    above the enemies who surround me;(F)
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice(G) with shouts of joy;(H)
    I will sing(I) and make music(J) to the Lord.

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13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

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13 Lord, see how my enemies(A) persecute me!
    Have mercy(B) and lift me up from the gates of death,(C)
14 that I may declare your praises(D)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,(E)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.(F)

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