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href="../psalms/115.htm" title="Psalm 115">◄</a> Psalm 116 <a href="../psalms/117.htm" title="Psalm 117">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/psalms/116.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmhdg">Psalm 116</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I love the <span class="name">Lord</span>, for he heard my voice;</p><p class="line2">he heard my cry for mercy.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Because he turned his ear to me,</p><p class="line2">I will call on him as long as I live.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The cords of death entangled me,</p><p class="line2">the anguish of the grave came over me;</p><p class="line2">I was overcome by distress and sorrow.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then I called on the name of the <span class="name">Lord</span>:</p><p class="line2">“<span class="name">Lord</span>, save me!”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> is gracious and righteous;</p><p class="line2">our God is full of compassion.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> protects the unwary;</p><p class="line2">when I was brought low, he saved me.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Return to your rest, my soul,</p><p class="line2">for the <span class="name">Lord</span> has been good to you.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For you, <span class="name">Lord</span>, have delivered me from death,</p><p class="line2">my eyes from tears,</p><p class="line2">my feet from stumbling,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>that I may walk before the <span class="name">Lord</span></p><p class="line2">in the land of the living.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I trusted in the <span class="name">Lord</span> when I said,</p><p class="line2">“I am greatly afflicted”;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>in my alarm I said,</p><p class="line2">“Everyone is a liar.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>What shall I return to the <span class="name">Lord</span></p><p class="line2">for all his goodness to me?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I will lift up the cup of salvation</p><p class="line2">and call on the name of the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will fulfill my vows to the <span class="name">Lord</span></p><p class="line2">in the presence of all his people.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Precious in the sight of the <span class="name">Lord</span></p><p class="line2">is the death of his faithful servants.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Truly I am your servant, <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">I serve you just as my mother did;</p><p class="line2">you have freed me from my chains.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I will sacrifice a thank offering to you</p><p class="line2">and call on the name of the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I will fulfill my vows to the <span class="name">Lord</span></p><p class="line2">in the presence of all his people,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>in the courts of the house of the <span class="name">Lord</span>—</p><p class="line2">in your midst, Jerusalem.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">Praise the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Hallelu Yah">a</a></sup></span> </p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Hallelu Yah</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used 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