1750 Challoner Revision of the Douay-Rheims (DR)

1 The psalmist professeth his love and duty to God for his deliverance. 12 He studieth to be thankful.

116:1 ¶ I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.

116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.

116:3 The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

116:4 And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.

116:5 The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

116:6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me.

116:7 Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

116:8 For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

116:9 I will please the Lord in the land of the living.

116:10 I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.

116:11 I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

116:12 What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things that he hath rendered to me?

116:13 I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

116:14 I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:

116:15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

116:16 O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

116:17 I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

116:18 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:

116:19 In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.