Psalms 116

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