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116:1  Alleluia. I loved the Lord; for the Lord shall hear the voice of my prayer. (Alleluia. I love the Lord; for the Lord hath heard the words of my prayer.)
116:2  For he bowed down his ear to me; and I shall inwardly call him in my days (and I shall call to him in all my days).
116:3  The sorrows of death (en)compassed me; and the perils of hell found me. I found tribulation and sorrow; (The sorrows of death surrounded me; and the perils of Sheol, or the land of the dead, took hold of me. And I found myself in trouble and in sorrow;)
116:4  and I called inwardly the name of the Lord. Thou, Lord, deliver my soul; (and I called on the name of the Lord, saying, O Lord, save my soul!/O Lord, save me!)
116:5  the Lord is merciful, and just (the Lord is merciful, and he is good); and our God doeth mercy.
116:6  And the Lord keepeth little children; I was meeked, and he delivered me. (And the Lord keepeth safe the simple-hearted; yea, I was brought down low, but he saved me.)
116:7  My soul, turn thou (again) into thy rest; for the Lord hath done well to thee. (My soul, return to thy rest; for the Lord hath been good to thee.)
116:8  For he hath delivered my soul from death; mine eyes from weepings, and my feet from falling down. (For he hath saved me from death; yea, he stopped my eyes from weeping, and my feet from slipping, or stumbling.)
116:9  I shall please the Lord; in the country of them that live. (I shall walk before the Lord; in the land of the living.)
116:10  I believed, for which thing I spake; forsooth I was made low full much. (And I continued to believe; even when I was brought down so very low.)
116:11  I said in my passing; Each man is a liar. (And I said in my panic/And I said when I was afraid, Every person is a liar.)
116:12  What shall I yield to the Lord; for all things which he hath yielded to me? (But what can I give back to the Lord; for all that he hath given to me?)
116:13  I shall take the cup of health; and I shall inwardly call the name of the Lord. (I shall take the cup of salvation, or of deliverance; and I shall call on the name of the Lord.)
116:14  I shall yield my vows to the Lord before all his people; (I shall pay my vows to the Lord; in the sight of all his people.)
116:15  the death of saints of the Lord is precious in his sight. (The Lord is deeply moved by the death of any of his saints.)
116:16  O! Lord, for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid (I am thy servant, and the son of thy servantess). Thou hast broken my bonds,
116:17  to thee I shall offer a sacrifice of praising; and I shall inwardly call the name of the Lord. (and so I shall offer a sacrifice of praise to thee; and I shall call on the name of the Lord.)
116:18  I shall yield my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people; (I shall pay my vows to the Lord, before all his people;)
116:19  in the foreyards of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem. (in the courtyards of the House of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.)