Psm116:1 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.)
Psm116:2 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).
Psm116:3 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;)
Psm116:4 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!)
Psm116:5 the Lord is merciful, and just (the Lord is merciful, and he is good); and our God doeth mercy.
Psm116:6 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.)
Psm116:7 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.)
Psm116:8 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 .)
Psm116:9 I shall please the Lord; in the country of them that live. (I shall walk before the Lord; in the land of the living.)
Psm116:10 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.)
Psm116:11 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.)
Psm116:12 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?)
Psm116:13 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.)
Psm116:14 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.)
Psm116:15 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.)
Psm116:16 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,
Psm116:17 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.)
Psm116:18 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;)
Psm116:19 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.)