116 I love Jehovah, because he heareth
My voice and my supplications.
² Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,
Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
³ The cords of death compassed me,
And the pains of Sheol ^[a]gat hold upon me:
I found trouble and sorrow.
⁴ Then called I upon the name of Jehovah:
O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
⁵ Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous;
Yea, our God is merciful.
⁶ Jehovah preserveth the simple:
I was brought low, and he saved me.
⁷ Return unto thy rest, O my soul;
For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.
⁸ For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
Mine eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.
⁹ I will walk before Jehovah
In the ^[b]land of the living.
¹⁰ I ^[c]believe, for I will speak:
I was greatly afflicted:
¹¹ I said in my ^[d]haste,
All men are liars.
¹² What shall I render unto Jehovah
For all his benefits toward me?
¹³ I will take the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of Jehovah.
¹⁴ I will pay my vows unto Jehovah,
Yea, in the presence of all his people.
¹⁵ Precious in the sight of Jehovah
Is the death of his saints.
¹⁶ O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant:
I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid;
Thou hast loosed my bonds.
¹⁷ I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of Jehovah.
¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto Jehovah,
Yea, in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹ In the courts of Jehovah’s house,
In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
^[e]Praise ye Jehovah.