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Psalm 116

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1 Alleluia. I loved the Lord; for the Lord shall hear the voice of my prayer. (Alleluia. I love the Lord; for the Lord hath heard the words of my prayer.)
1 (114-1) I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.
2 For he bowed down his ear to me; and I shall inwardly call him in my days (and I shall call to him in all my days).
2 (114-2) Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.
3 The sorrows of death (en)compassed me; and the perils of hell found me. I found tribulation and sorrow; (The sorrows of death surrounded me; and the perils of Sheol, or the land of the dead, took hold of me. And I found myself in trouble and in sorrow;)
3 (114-3) The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:
4 and I called inwardly the name of the Lord. Thou, Lord, deliver my soul; (and I called on the name of the Lord, saying, O Lord, save my soul!/O Lord, save me!)
4 (114-4) And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.
5 the Lord is merciful, and just (the Lord is merciful, and he is good); and our God doeth mercy.
5 (114-5) The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.
6 And the Lord keepeth little children; I was meeked, and he delivered me. (And the Lord keepeth safe the simple-hearted; yea, I was brought down low, but he saved me.)
6 (114-6) The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me.
7 My soul, turn thou (again) into thy rest; for the Lord hath done well to thee. (My soul, return to thy rest; for the Lord hath been good to thee.)
7 (114-7) Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
8 For he hath delivered my soul from death; mine eyes from weepings, and my feet from falling down. (For he hath saved me from death; yea, he stopped my eyes from weeping, and my feet from slipping, or stumbling.)
8 (114-8) For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
9 I shall please the Lord; in the country of them that live. (I shall walk before the Lord; in the land of the living.)
9 (114-9) I will please the Lord in the land of the living.
10 I believed, for which thing I spake; forsooth I was made low full much. (And I continued to believe; even when I was brought down so very low.)
10 (115-1) I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.
11 I said in my passing; Each man is a liar. (And I said in my panic/And I said when I was afraid, Every person is a liar.)
11 (115-2) I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.
12 What shall I yield to the Lord; for all things which he hath yielded to me? (But what can I give back to the Lord; for all that he hath given to me?)
12 (115-3) What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things that he hath rendered to me?
13 I shall take the cup of health; and I shall inwardly call the name of the Lord. (I shall take the cup of salvation, or of deliverance; and I shall call on the name of the Lord.)
13 (115-4) I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
14 I shall yield my vows to the Lord before all his people; (I shall pay my vows to the Lord; in the sight of all his people.)
14 (115-5) I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:
15 the death of saints of the Lord is precious in his sight. (The Lord is deeply moved by the death of any of his saints.)
15 (115-6) Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
16 O! Lord, for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid (I am thy servant, and the son of thy servantess). Thou hast broken my bonds,
16 (115-7) O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:
17 to thee I shall offer a sacrifice of praising; and I shall inwardly call the name of the Lord. (and so I shall offer a sacrifice of praise to thee; and I shall call on the name of the Lord.)
17 (115-8) I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
18 I shall yield my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people; (I shall pay my vows to the Lord, before all his people;)
18 (115-9) I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:
19 in the foreyards of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem. (in the courtyards of the House of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.)
19 (115-10) In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Copyright © 2001 by Terence P. Noble. For personal use only.
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