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Psalm 116 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Psa 116:1I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.
Psa 116:2Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
Psa 116:3The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
Psa 116:4Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, I beseech thee, save my life!"
Psa 116:5Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.
Psa 116:6The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
Psa 116:7Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
Psa 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
Psa 116:9I walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
Psa 116:10I kept my faith, even when I said, "I am greatly afflicted";
Psa 116:11I said in my consternation, "Men are all a vain hope."
Psa 116:12What shall I render to the LORD for all his bounty to me?
Psa 116:13I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD,
Psa 116:14I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
Psa 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
Psa 116:16O LORD, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds.
Psa 116:17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
Psa 116:18I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
Psa 116:19in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
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