115:10. I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have
been humbled exceedingly.
115:11. I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.
115:12. What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things that he
hath rendered to me?
115:13. I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the
name of the Lord.
115:14. I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:
115:15. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
115:16. O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of
thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:
115:17. I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will
call upon the name of the Lord.
115:18. I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:
115:19. In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O
Jerusalem.
Psalms Chapter 116
Laudate Dominum.
All nations are called upon to praise God for his mercy and truth.
Alleluia.
116:1. O Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
116:2. For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord
remaineth for ever.
Psalms Chapter 117
Confitemini Domino.
The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils: putteth his
whole trust in him; and foretelleth the coming of Christ.
Alleluia.
117:1. Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
117:2. Let Israel now say, that he is good: that his mercy endureth for
ever.
117:3. Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for
ever.
117:4. Let them that fear the Lord now say, that his mercy endureth for
ever.
117:5. In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and
enlarged me.
117:6. The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man can do unto me.
117:7. The Lord is my helper: and I will look over my enemies.
117:8. It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have
confidence in man.
117:9. It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in
princes.
117:10. All nations compassed me about; and, in the name of the Lord I
have been revenged on them.
117:11. Surrounding me they compassed me about: and in the name of the
Lord I have been revenged on them.
117:12. They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among
thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them.
117:13. Being pushed I was overturned that I might fall: but the Lord
supported me.
117:14. The Lord is my strength and my praise: and he is become my
salvation.
117:15. The voice of rejoicing and of salvation is in the tabernacles
of the just.
117:16. The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right
hand of the Lord hath exalted me: the right hand of the Lord hath
wrought strength.
117:17. I shall not die, but live: and shall declare the works of the
Lord.
117:18. The Lord chastising hath chastised me: but he hath not
delivered me over to death.
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