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Psalms 116

I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. The cords of death entangled me. Then I called on the name of the Lord: Lord, save me. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous. How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation.

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Psalm 116

I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: I said in my haste, All men are liars. What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, In the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

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I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

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Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

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Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

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Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

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The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

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Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

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For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

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I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

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I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

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I said in my haste, All men are liars.

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What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

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I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.

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I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

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Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

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O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

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I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.

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I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,

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In the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.