{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/116","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T03:15:56.920Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":116,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":115,"nextChapter":117,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":19},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow: "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was little and he delivered me. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I will please the Lord in the land of the living. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I said in my excess: Every man is a liar. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things he hath rendered unto me? "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people: "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds: "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people: "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"in the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 116 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 116](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/116)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/116 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}