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epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Because he has turned his ear to me,</p><p class="poem">I will call out to him as long as I live.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The ropes of death were wrapped around me,</p><p class="poem">and the torments of Sheol overcame me;</p><p class="poem">I encountered trouble and sorrow.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then I called on the name of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>:</p><p class="poem">“L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, save me! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is gracious and righteous;</p><p class="poem">our God is compassionate.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> guards the inexperienced;</p><p class="poem">I was helpless, and he saved me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Return to your rest, my soul,</p><p class="poem">for the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has been good to you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For you, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, rescued me from death,</p><p class="poem">my eyes from tears,</p><p class="poem">my feet from stumbling.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will walk before the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></p><p class="poem">in the land of the living.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I believed, even when I said,</p><p class="poem">“I am severely oppressed.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In my alarm I said,</p><p class="poem">“Everyone is a liar.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>How can I repay the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></p><p class="poem">for all the good he has done for me?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I will take the cup of salvation</p><p class="poem">and call on the name of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will fulfill my vows to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></p><p class="poem">in the presence of all his people.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The death of his faithful ones</p><p class="poem">is valuable in the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s sight.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, I am indeed your servant;</p><p class="poem">I am your servant, the son of your female servant.</p><p class="poem">You have loosened my bonds.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I will offer you a thanksgiving sacrifice</p><p class="poem">and call on the name of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I will fulfill my vows to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></p><p class="poem">in the presence of all his people,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.116.19" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/116-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>in the courts of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s house —</p><p class="poem">within you, Jerusalem.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.116.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Hallelujah!</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.116" class="fnSection"><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.116" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.1">116:1</a></span> Ps 18:1; 66:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.2">116:2</a></span> Ps 17:6; 40:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.3">116:3</a></span> Ps 18:4–5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.4">116:4</a></span> Ps 18:6; 118:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.5">116:5</a></span> Ex 34:6; Neh 9:17; Ps 112:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.6">116:6</a></span> Ps 19:7; 79:8; 142:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.7">116:7</a></span> Ps 13:6; Jr 6:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.8">116:8</a></span> Ps 49:15; 56:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.9">116:9</a></span> Ps 27:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.10">116:10</a></span> 2Co 4:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.11">116:11</a></span> Ps 31:22; 62:9; Rm 3:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.12">116:12</a></span> 2Ch 32:25; 1Th 3:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.13">116:13</a></span> Ps 16:5; 105:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.14">116:14</a></span> Ps 22:25; 50:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.15">116:15</a></span> Ps 72:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.16">116:16</a></span> Jb 12:18; Ps 86:16; 107:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.17">116:17</a></span> Lv 7:12; Ps 50:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.18">116:18</a></span> Ps 22:25; 50:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.116.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.116.19">116:19</a></span> Ps 96:8; 102:21</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.116" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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