תהילים קט״זPsalms 116

I love the ETERNAL One
for hearing my voice, my pleas;

for turning an ear to me
whenever I call.

The bonds of death encompassed me;
the torments of Sheol overtook me.
I came upon trouble and sorrow

and I invoked GOD’s name,
“O ETERNAL One, save my life!”

GOD is gracious and beneficent;
our God is compassionate.

GOD protects the simple;
I was saved, after having been brought low.

Be at rest, once again, O my soul,
for GOD has been good to you.

You have delivered me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.

I shall walk before GOD
in the lands of the living.

I trust [in GOD];
out of great suffering I spoke

and said rashly,
“All people are false.”

How can I repay GOD
for all the bounties given to me?

I raise the cup of deliverance
and invoke GOD’s name.

I will pay my vows to GOD
in the presence of all those assembled.

The death of God’s faithful ones
is grievous in GOD’s sight.

O ETERNAL One,
I am Your servant,
Your servant, the child of Your maidservant;
You have undone the cords that bound me.

I will sacrifice a thank offering to You
and invoke GOD’s name.

I will pay my vows to GOD
in the presence of all those assembled,

in the courts of GOD’s house,
in the midst of Jerusalem.
Hallelujah.