
Day XIV : Morning Prayer

Psalm 116 - Dilexi, quoniam

1   I love the Lord, +
    because he heard the voice of my prayer,

2   Because he inclined his ear to me; +
    therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

3   The snares of death encompassed me, and the pains of the Grave laid hold of me; +
    I suffered trouble and sorrow.

4   Then I called upon the Name of the Lord: +
    “O Lord, I beseech you, deliver my soul.”

5   Gracious is the Lord and righteous; +
    indeed, our God is full of compassion.

6   The Lord preserves the simple; +
    I was in misery, and he helped me.

7   Turn again to your rest, O my soul, +
    for the Lord has rewarded you.

8   You have delivered my soul from death, +
    my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.

9   I will walk before the Lord +
    in the land of the living.

10  I believed, and therefore will I speak: “I am greatly troubled.” +
    I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

11  What shall I give unto the Lord +
    for all the benefits that he has done unto me?

12  I will lift up the cup of salvation +
    and call upon the Name of the Lord.

13  I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of all his people; +
    dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

14  O Lord, I am your servant; +
    I am your servant, and the child of your handmaid; you have broken my bonds asunder.

15  I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving +
    and will call upon the Name of the Lord.

16  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 you, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.
