116 I love him, because Yahweh has heard
the voice of my supplications.^[a]
2 Because he has inclined his ear to me,
I will call all my days.^[b]
3 The ropes of death encircled me,
and the distresses of Sheol found me.
I found trouble and grief.
⁴ Then I called on the name of Yahweh:
“O Yahweh, please save my life!”
⁵ Gracious is Yahweh and righteous,
and our God is merciful.
⁶ Yahweh watches over the simple.
I was brought low, but he gave me victory.
⁷ Return, O my soul, to your repose,
for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
⁸ For you have rescued me^[c] from death,
my eyes^[d] from tears, my feet from stumbling.
⁹ I will walk before Yahweh
in the land^[e] of the living.
¹⁰ I believed when I spoke,
“I am afflicted greatly.”
¹¹ I said in my haste,
“Everyone^[f] is a liar.”
¹² What shall I give back to Yahweh
for all his benefits to me?
¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation
and proclaim the name of Yahweh.
¹⁴ I will pay my vows made to Yahweh
in the presence of all his people.
¹⁵ Costly in Yahweh’s view^[g] is
the death of his faithful ones.
¹⁶ Ah, Yahweh, I am indeed your servant;
I am your servant, the child of your maidservant.
You have loosed my bonds.
¹⁷ I will offer to you a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and proclaim the name of Yahweh.
¹⁸ I will pay my vows made to Yahweh
in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹ in the courts of the house^[h] of Yahweh,
in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise Yah!^[i]