Psalms 116

¹I love Yahweh,

²He listens to me,

³Everything around me [MET] caused me to think that I would die;

⁴But then I called out to Yahweh, saying,

⁵Yahweh is kind and does what is right;

⁶He protects those who ◄are helpless/cannot defend themselves►;

⁷I must encourage/tell myself to ◄have inner peace/not worry any more►,

⁸Yahweh has saved me [SYN] from dying,

⁹So here on the earth, where people are still alive,

¹⁰I continued to believe/trust in Yahweh,

¹¹Even when I was distressed/worried and said, “I cannot trust anyone,”

¹²So now I will tell you [RHQ] what I will offer to Yahweh,

¹³I will offer to him a cup of wine

¹⁴When I am together with many [HYP] people who belong to Yahweh,

¹⁵Yahweh is very grieved/sad when one of his people dies.

¹⁶I am one of those who serve Yahweh;

¹⁷So I will offer to him a sacrifice to thank him,