Psalm 116 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹ I love the LORD, because he hath heard 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 gat hold upon me I found trouble and sorrow

⁴ Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

⁵ Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.

⁶ The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷ Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For the LORD 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 the LORD In the land of the living.

¹⁰ I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted:

¹¹ I said in my haste, All men are a lie.

¹² What shall I render unto the LORD For all his benefits toward me?

¹³ I will take the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the LORD.

¹⁴ I will pay my vows unto the LORD, Yea, in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of his saints.

¹⁶ O LORD, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

¹⁷ I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the LORD.

¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the LORD, Yea, in the presence of all his people;

¹⁹ In the courts of the LORD's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.