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World English Bible

Psalm 116 (WEBP)

[1] I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
[2] Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
[3] The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
[4] Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
[5] Yahweh is gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.
[6] Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
[7] Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
[8] For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
[9] I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
[10] I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”
[11] I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”
[12] What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
[13] I will take the cup of salvation, and call on Yahweh’s name.
[14] I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.
[15] Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints.
[16] Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant girl. You have freed me from my chains.
[17] I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name.
[18] I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
[19] in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

Psalm 116:3 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 116 (KJVS)

[1] I love the Lord, Because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
[2] Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
[3] The sorrows of death compassed me, And the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
[4] Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
[5] Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.
[6] The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
[7] Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
[8] For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
[9] I will walk before The Lord in the land of the living.
[10] I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
[11] I said in my haste, all men are liars.
[12] What shall I render unto the Lord For all his benefits toward me?
[13] I will take the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the Lord.
[14] I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
[15] Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
[16] O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: Thou hast loosed my bonds.
[17] I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the Lord.
[18] I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people,
[19] In the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 116:3 Heb. found me

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 116 (BYZ)

[1] Αλληλουια. () Ἠγάπησα, () ὅτι () εἰσακούσεται () κύριος () τῆς () φωνῆς () τῆς () δεήσεώς () μου, ()
[2] ὅτι () ἔκλινεν () τὸ () οὖς () αὐτοῦ () ἐμοί, () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () μου () ἐπικαλέσομαι. ()
[3] Περιέσχον () με () ὠδῖνες () θανάτου, () κίνδυνοι () ᾅδου () εὕροσάν () με· () θλῖψιν () καὶ () ὀδύνην () εὗρον. ()
[4] Καὶ () τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου () ἐπεκαλεσάμην () Ὦ () κύριε, () ῥῦσαι () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου. ()
[5] Ἐλεήμων () ὁ () κύριος () καὶ () δίκαιος, () καὶ () ὁ () θεὸς () ἡμῶν () ἐλεᾷ.
[6] Φυλάσσων () τὰ () νήπια () ὁ () κύριος· () ἐταπεινώθην, () καὶ () ἔσωσέν () με. ()
[7] Ἐπίστρεψον, () ἡ () ψυχή () μου, () εἰς () τὴν () ἀνάπαυσίν () σου, () ὅτι () κύριος () εὐηργέτησέν () σε, ()
[8] ὅτι () ἐξείλατο () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἐκ () θανάτου, () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμούς () μου () ἀπὸ () δακρύων καὶ () τοὺς () πόδας () μου () ἀπὸ () ὀλισθήματος.
[9] Εὐαρεστήσω () ἐναντίον () κυρίου () ἐν () χώρᾳ () ζώντων. ()
[10] Αλληλουια. () Ἐπίστευσα, () διὸ () ἐλάλησα· () ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἐταπεινώθην () σφόδρα. ()
[11] Ἐγὼ () εἶπα () ἐν () τῇ () ἐκστάσει () μου () Πᾶς () ἄνθρωπος () ψεύστης. ()
[12] Τί () ἀνταποδώσω () τῷ () κυρίῳ () περὶ () πάντων, () ὧν () ἀνταπέδωκέν () μοι; ()
[13] Ποτήριον () σωτηρίου () λήμψομαι () καὶ () τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου () ἐπικαλέσομαι. () …
[15] Τίμιος () ἐναντίον () κυρίου () ὁ () θάνατος () τῶν () ὁσίων () αὐτοῦ. ()
[16] Ὦ () κύριε, () ἐγὼ () δοῦλος () σός, () ἐγὼ () δοῦλος () σὸς () καὶ () υἱὸς () τῆς () παιδίσκης () σου. () Διέρρηξας () τοὺς () δεσμούς () μου, ()
[17] σοὶ () θύσω () θυσίαν () αἰνέσεως· ()
[18] τὰς () εὐχάς () μου () τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἀποδώσω () ἐναντίον () παντὸς () τοῦ () λαοῦ () αὐτοῦ ()
[19] ἐν () αὐλαῖς () οἴκου () κυρίου () ἐν () μέσῳ () σου, () Ιερουσαλημ. ()

Psalm 116:1 Originally verse 114:1.
Psalm 116:2 Originally verse 114:2.
Psalm 116:3 Originally verse 114:3.
Psalm 116:4 Originally verse 114:4.
Psalm 116:5 Originally verse 114:5.
Psalm 116:6 Originally verse 114:6.
Psalm 116:7 Originally verse 114:7.
Psalm 116:8 Originally verse 114:8.
Psalm 116:9 Originally verse 114:9.
Psalm 116:10 Originally verse 115:1.
Psalm 116:11 Originally verse 115:2.
Psalm 116:12 Originally verse 115:3.
Psalm 116:13 Originally verse 115:4.
Psalm 116:15 Originally verse 115:6.
Psalm 116:16 Originally verse 115:7.
Psalm 116:17 Originally verse 115:8.
Psalm 116:18 Originally verse 115:9.
Psalm 116:19 Originally verse 115:10.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.