Psalms 116-118

1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.

2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

4Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”

5The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.

7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

8For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

10I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”

11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”

12How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?

13I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.

14I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people.

15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.

17I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.

18I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people,

19in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

1Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!

2For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah!

1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

2Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”

3Let the house of Aaron say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”

4Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”

5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

7The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.

8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

11They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

13I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

14The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.

15Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!

16The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”

17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.

18The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.

20This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

21I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.

22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

23This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

24This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

25O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!

26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.

27The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

28You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You.

29Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.