Psalm 116

¹I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voyce and my prayers.

²For he hath inclined his eare vnto me, whe I did call vpon him in my dayes.

³When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe.

⁴Then I called vpon the Name of the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, deliuer my soule.

⁵The Lord is mercifull and righteous, and our God is full of compassion.

⁶The Lord preserueth the simple: I was in miserie and he saued me.

⁷Returne vnto thy rest, O my soule: for the Lord hath bene beneficiall vnto thee,

⁸Because thou hast deliuered my soule from death, mine eyes from teares, and my feete from falling.

⁹I shall walke before the Lord in the lande of the liuing.

¹⁰I beleeued, therefore did I speake: for I was sore troubled.

¹¹I said in my feare, All men are lyers.

¹²What shall I render vnto the Lord for all his benefites toward me?

¹³I will take the cup of saluation, and call vpon the Name of the Lord.

¹⁴I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord, euen nowe in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saintes.

¹⁶Beholde, Lord: for I am thy seruant, I am thy seruant, and the sonne of thine handmaide: thou hast broken my bondes.

¹⁷I will offer to thee a sacrifice of prayse, and will call vpon the Name of the Lord.

¹⁸I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord, euen nowe in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹In the courtes of ye Lords house, euen in the middes of thee, O Ierusalem. Praise ye the Lord.