Psalm 116  Evangelical Heritage Version

¹ I love the Lord, because he hears my voice.
He hears my cry for mercy.
² Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call to him all my days.
³ The ropes of death entangled me.
The walls of the grave hemmed me in.^[a]
I found distress and sorrow.
⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“Ah, Lord, please save my life!”
⁵ The Lord is gracious and righteous,
and our God is compassionate.
⁶ The Lord protects the inexperienced.^[b]
In my weakness he saves me too.

⁷ Return, my soul, to your rest,
for the Lord has accomplished his purpose for you.
⁸ Indeed, you have delivered my soul from death,
my eye from weeping, my foot from stumbling,
⁹ so that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
¹⁰ I believed. Therefore, I have spoken:
“I am greatly afflicted.”
¹¹ In my haste I said:
“All people are deceptive.”

¹² How can I repay the Lord for all his benefits to me?
¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation,
and I will call on^[c] the name of the Lord.
¹⁴ I will fulfill my vows to the Lord,
now in the presence of all his people.
¹⁵ Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his favored ones.
¹⁶ Ah, Lord, truly I am your servant.
I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.
You opened my chains.
¹⁷ To you I will sacrifice a thank offering,
and I will call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁸ I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
    here in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹     in the courtyards of the house of the Lord,
    in the middle of Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord.