Psalm 116

I love the Lord *

because he heard the voice of my prayer,

Because he inclined his ear to me; *

therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

The snares of death encompassed me, and the pains of the grave laid hold of me; *

I suffered trouble and sorrow.

Then I called upon the Name of the Lord: *

“O Lord, I beseech you, deliver my soul.”

Gracious is the Lord and righteous; *

indeed, our God is full of compassion.

The Lord preserves the simple; *

I was in misery, and he helped me.

Turn again to your rest, O my soul, *

for the Lord has rewarded you.

You have delivered my soul from death, *

my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.

I will walk before the Lord *

in the land of the living.