{"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/web/psalms/116","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:56:41.212Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":116,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":115,"nextChapter":117,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":19},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Then I called on the name of Yahweh: |Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.|"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I believed, therefore I said, |I was greatly afflicted.|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I said in my haste, |All men are liars.|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"in the courts of Yahweh's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 116 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 116](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/116)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/116 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}