Psalms 116

116 ¹I love my Father, because he hears my voice, my cries for mercy. ²Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. ³The cords of death wrapped around me; the anguish of the grave gripped me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow. ⁴Then I called on the name of my Father: "O my Father, I plead with you, deliver my soul!" ⁵Gracious is our Father, and righteous; our Father is full of compassion. ⁶My Father watches over the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. ⁷Return, my soul, to your rest, for my Father has been so good to you. ⁸For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. ⁹I will walk in my Father's presence in the land of the living. ¹⁰I believed, even when I said, "I am deeply afflicted"; ¹¹in my panic I said, "Everyone is a liar." ¹²What can I give back to my Father for all his goodness to me? ¹³I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of my Father. ¹⁴I will fulfill my vows to my Father in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵Precious to my Father is the death of his faithful ones. ¹⁶O my Father, I am truly your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my chains. ¹⁷I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of my Father. ¹⁸I will fulfill my vows to my Father in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹in the courts of my Father's house, among you, Jerusalem. Hallelujah!