Psalm 116 Free Bible Version
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 I love the Lord because he listens to me, he hears my calls for help.
1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
2 Because he pays attention to what I say I will pray to him as long as I live.
2 Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 I was caught in the snares of death; I was trapped by terrors of the grave. All I experienced was suffering and grief.
3 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I cried out to the Lord, “Lord, please save me!”
4 Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
5 The Lord is so kind and good! Our God is so compassionate!
5 Yahweh is gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.
6 The Lord takes care of those who are powerless; when I was brought down he saved me.
6 Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
7 I can once again be at peace because the Lord has been good to me.
7 Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For you have saved me from death, my eyes from crying, and my feet from stumbling.
8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 Now I can walk with the Lord in the land of the living.
9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
10 I trusted in you, so I told you, “I'm suffering terribly!”
10 I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”
11 I was so upset that I said, “Everyone's a liar!”
11 I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”
12 What can I give the Lord in return for all he's done for me?
12 What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and worship the Lord.
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on Yahweh’s name.
14 I will keep my promises to the Lord so everyone can see.
14 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.
15 It hurts the Lord when those who trust in him die.
15 Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints.
16 Lord, I really am your slave, serving you as my mother served you before me, yet you have set me free.
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 a sacrifice of thanksgiving to you and I will worship you.
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name.
18 I will keep my promises to the Lord so everyone can see,
18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
19 there in the house of the Lord, right in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
19 in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 John 4:19; Psalm 66:19–20; 1 John 5:2–3; John 16:24; Psalm 34:3–4
- 2 Psalm 145:18–19; Psalm 40:1; Philippians 4:6; Psalm 55:16–17; Psalm 31:2
- 3 Psalm 18:4–6; Psalm 38:6; Psalm 32:3–4; Psalm 88:6–7; Luke 22:44
- 4 Psalm 118:5; Psalm 22:20; Psalm 143:6–9; Luke 23:42–43; Psalm 142:4–6
- 5 Psalm 145:17; Psalm 103:8; Psalm 119:137; Ezra 9:15; Nehemiah 9:8
- 6 Matthew 11:25; Psalm 142:6; Psalm 19:7; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 25:21
- 7 Psalm 13:6; Matthew 11:28–29; Jeremiah 30:10; Psalm 119:17; Jeremiah 6:16
- 8 Psalm 56:13; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 7:17; Psalm 86:13; Isaiah 25:8
- 9 Psalm 27:13; Luke 1:75; Genesis 17:1; 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 8:25
- 10 2 Corinthians 4:13; Hebrews 11:1; 2 Peter 1:21; Proverbs 21:28; 2 Peter 1:16
- 11 Romans 3:4; Jeremiah 9:4–5; Psalm 31:22; Psalm 62:9; 1 Samuel 27:1
- 12 1 Corinthians 6:20; Psalm 103:2; 2 Corinthians 5:14–15; Romans 12:1; 2 Chronicles 32:25
- 13 Psalm 16:5; Psalm 105:1; Psalm 116:2; Psalm 80:18; 1 Corinthians 10:21
- 14 Psalm 22:25; Psalm 116:18; Jonah 2:9; Psalm 66:13–15; Psalm 50:14
- 15 Psalm 72:14; 1 Samuel 25:29; Psalm 37:32–33; Luke 16:22; Revelation 14:3
- 16 Psalm 86:16; Psalm 143:12; Psalm 119:125; James 1:1; Psalm 107:14–16
- 17 Psalm 50:14; Leviticus 7:12; Psalm 107:22; Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 116:13
- 18 Psalm 116:14; Psalm 22:25; Psalm 76:11; Ecclesiastes 5:5
- 19 Psalm 96:8; Psalm 135:2; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 122:3–4; 2 Chronicles 6:6
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The river Jordan, when they were entering across it into the land of promise, when touched by the feet of the priests who bore the Ark, stood still from above with bridled stream, while it flowed down from below, where it ran on into the sea, until the whole people passed over, the priests standing on the dry ground.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
15. "What shall I render unto the Lord," that whilst my memory recalls these things my soul is not appalled at them?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Hearest thou not the Psalm that saith, "Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee?" God calleth it "bountiful dealing," and dost thou make lamentation?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Bear with me, I beseech Thee, and give me grace to retrace in my present remembrance the circlings of my past errors, and to "offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving." For what am I to myself without Thee, but a guide to mine own downfall?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
"Thou hast loosed my bonds, I will offer unto Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving." And how Thou hast loosed them I will declare; and all who worship Thee when they hear these things shall say: "Blessed be the Lord in heaven and earth, great and wonderful is His name." Thy words had stuck fast into my breast, and I was …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)