Psalm 116

I love the Lord, because he has heard 
    my voice and my pleas for mercy. 
Because he inclined his ear to me, 
    therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 
The snares of death encompassed me; 
    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; 
I suffered distress and anguish. 
Then I called on the name of the Lord: 
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!” 
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; 
    our God is merciful. 
The Lord preserves the simple; 
    when I was brought low, he saved me. 
Return, O my soul, to your rest; 
    for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. 
For you have delivered my soul from death, 
    my eyes from tears, 
    my feet from stumbling; 
I will walk before the Lord 
    in the land of the living. 
I believed, even when I spoke: 
    “I am greatly afflicted”; 
I said in my alarm, 
    “All mankind are liars.” 
What shall I render to the Lord 
    for all his benefits to me? 
I will lift up the cup of salvation 
    and call on the name of the Lord, 
I will pay my vows to the Lord 
    in the presence of all his people. 
Precious in the sight of the Lord 
    is the death of his saints. 
O Lord, I am your servant; 
I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. 
You have loosed my bonds. 
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving 
    and call on the name of the Lord. 
I will pay my vows to the Lord 
    in the presence of all his people, 
    in the courts of the house of the Lord, 
    in your midst, O Jerusalem. 
Praise the Lord!