Psalm 116:1-9

Common English Bible

Psalm 116

116 I love the Lord because he hears
    my requests for mercy.
²I’ll call out to him as long as I live,
    because he listens closely to me.
³Death’s ropes bound me;
    the distress of the grave^[a] found me—
    I came face-to-face with trouble and grief.
⁴So I called on the Lord’s name:
    “Lord, please save me!”^[b]

⁵The Lord is merciful and righteous;
    our God is compassionate.
⁶The Lord protects simple folk;
    he saves me whenever I am brought down.
⁷I tell myself, You can be at peace again,
    because the Lord has been good to you.
⁸You, God, have delivered me from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    and my foot from stumbling,
⁹    so I’ll walk before the Lord
    in the land of the living.