Psaumes 116.18
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¹ I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy
² Because he inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live
³ The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish
⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord:
O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!
⁵ Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
our God is merciful.
⁶ The Lord preserves the simple;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
⁷ Return, O my soul, to your rest;
for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
⁸ For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
⁹ I will walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
¹⁰ I believed, even when I spoke:
I am greatly afflicted;
¹¹ I said in my alarm,
All mankind are liars.
¹² What shall I render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord,
¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
¹⁶ O Lord, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.
You have loosed my bonds.
¹⁷ I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call on the name of the Lord.
¹⁸ I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹ in the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!