Psalm 116

Ant. Lest he devour my soul * like a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help.

I am well pleased:

that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer.

That he hath inclined his ear unto me:

therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

The snares of death compassed me round about:

and the pains of hell gat hold upon me.

I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the Lord:

O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous:

yea, our God is merciful.

The Lord preserveth the simple:

I was in misery, and he helped me.

Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul:

for the Lord hath rewarded thee.

And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death:

mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

I will walk before the Lord:

in the land of the living.

I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled:

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

What reward shall I give unto the Lord:

for all the benefits that he hath done unto me?

I will receive the cup of salvation:

and call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people:

right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant:

I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving:

and will call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people:

in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

Ant. Lest he devour my soul * like a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help.