{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of Psalms<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 116<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,1,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">I<\/span> love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,2,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,3,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,4,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,5,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,6,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,7,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,8,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,9,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,10,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,11,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I said in my haste, All men are liars.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,12,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,13,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,14,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,15,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,16,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,17,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,18,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,116,19,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">In the courts of the LORD&#039;s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. 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