Psalm 116

Dilexi, quoniam

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.

I believed, and therefore will I speak: “I am greatly troubled.” *

I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

What shall I give unto the Lord *

for all the benefits that he has done unto me?

I will lift up the cup of salvation *

and call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of all his people; *

dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

O Lord, I am your servant; *

I am your servant, and the child of your handmaid; you have broken my bonds asunder.

I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving *

and will call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the sight of all his people, *

in the courts of the Lord’s house, even in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 117

Laudate Dominum

O praise the Lord, all you nations; *

praise him, all you peoples.

For great is his loving-kindness towards us, *

and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever. Praise the Lord.