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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 116 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/116.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/116-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Psalm 116</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a 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 Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/116.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I love the LORD because he hears my voice</p><p class="line2">and my prayer 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 bends down to listen,</p><p class="line2">I will pray as long as I have breath!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Death wrapped its ropes around me;</p><p class="line2">the terrors of the grave<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> overtook me.</p><p class="line2">I saw only trouble 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 LORD:</p><p class="line2">“Please, LORD, save me!”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>How kind the LORD is! How good he is!</p><p class="line2">So merciful, this God of ours!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The LORD protects those of childlike faith;</p><p class="line2">I was facing death, and he saved me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let my soul be at rest again,</p><p class="line2">for the LORD has been good to me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He has saved 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>And so I walk in the LORD’s presence</p><p class="line2">as I live here on earth!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I believed in you, so I said,</p><p class="line2">“I am deeply troubled, LORD.”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In my anxiety I cried out to you,</p><p class="line2">“These people are all liars!”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>What can I offer the LORD</p><p class="line2">for all he has done for me?</p><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 praise the LORD’s name for saving me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will keep my promises to the LORD</p><p class="line2">in the presence of all his people.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The LORD cares deeply</p><p class="line2">when his loved ones die.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>O LORD, I am your servant;</p><p class="line2">yes, I am your servant, born into your household;</p><p class="line2">you have freed me from my chains.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving</p><p class="line2">and call on the name of the LORD.</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 LORD</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 house of the LORD</p><p class="line2">in the heart of Jerusalem.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">Praise the LORD!</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">116:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">of Sheol.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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