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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 ESV</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" 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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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/116.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">I Love the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I love the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, because he has heard</span><br /><span class="indent">my voice and my pleas for mercy.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Because he inclined his ear to me,</span><br /><span class="indent">therefore I will call on him as long as I live.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The snares of death encompassed me;</span><br /><span class="indent">the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;</span><br /><span class="indent">I suffered distress and anguish.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Then I called on the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>:</span><br /><span class="indent">“O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, I pray, deliver my soul!”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Gracious is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and righteous;</span><br /><span class="indent">our God is merciful.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> preserves the simple;</span><br /><span class="indent">when I was brought low, he saved me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Return, O my soul, to your rest;</span><br /><span class="indent">for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has dealt bountifully with you.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For you have delivered my soul from death,</span><br /><span class="indent">my eyes from tears,</span><br /><span class="indent">my feet from stumbling;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will walk before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">in the land of the living.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I believed, even when<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or believed, indeed; Septuagint believed, therefore">a</a></sup></span> I spoke:</span><br /><span class="indent">“I am greatly afflicted”;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I said in my alarm,</span><br /><span class="indent">“All mankind are liars.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">What shall I render to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">for all his benefits to me?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will lift up the cup of salvation</span><br /><span class="indent">and call on the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will pay my vows to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">in the presence of all his people.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Precious in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">is the death of his saints.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, I am your servant;</span><br /><span class="indent">I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.</span><br /><span class="indent">You have loosed my bonds.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving</span><br /><span class="indent">and call on the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will pay my vows to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">in the presence of all his people,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/116-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">in the courts of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">in your midst, O Jerusalem.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">believed</span>, indeed</i>; Septuagint <i>believed, therefore</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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