PSALM 116: (1) If you read no sudden death will befall you. (2) It is also used as thanksgiving with Psalm 16.

1 I love Yahweh because he hears my voice, my pleas for mercy.
2 I will call on him as long as I live
    because he turns his ear toward me.
3 The ropes of death became tangled around me.
    The horrors of the grave took hold of me.
        I experienced pain and agony.
4 But I kept calling on the name of Yahweh:
    “Please, Yahweh, rescue me!”

5 Yahweh is merciful and righteous.
    Our Elohim is compassionate.
6 Yahweh protects defenseless people.
    When I was weak, he saved me.
7 Be at peace again, my soul,
    because Yahweh has been good to you.

8 You saved me from death.
    You saved my eyes from tears and my feet from stumbling.
9 I will walk in Yahweh’s presence in this world of the living.
10 I kept my faith even when I said,
    “I am suffering terribly.”
11 I also said when I was panic-stricken,
    “Everyone is undependable.”
12 How can I repay Yahweh
    for all the good that he has done for me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation
    and call on the name of Yahweh.
14 I will keep my vows to Yahweh
    in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of Yahweh
    is the death of his faithful ones.
16 O Yahweh, I am indeed your servant.
    I am your servant,
        the son of your female servant.
    You have freed me from my chains.
17 I will bring a song of thanksgiving to you as a sacrifice.
    I will call on the name of Yahweh.
18 I will keep my vows to Yahweh
    in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courtyards of Yahweh’s house,
    in the middle of Jerusalem.

Hallelujah!

PRAYER:

Psalm 16

1 Protect me, O El, because I take refuge in you.

2 I said to Yahweh,

    “You are my Adonay. Without you, I have nothing good.”

3 Those who lead holy lives on earth

    are the noble ones who fill me with joy.

4 Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows.

    I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood

        or use my lips to speak their names.

5 Yahweh is my inheritance and my cup.

    You are the one who determines my destiny.

6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me.

    Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.

7 I will praise Yahweh, who advises me.

    My conscience warns me at night.

8 I always keep Yahweh in front of me.

    When he is by my side, I cannot be moved.

9         That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices.

            My body rests securely

10 because you do not abandon my soul to the grave

    or allow your holy one to decay.

11 You make the path of life known to me.

    Complete joy is in your presence.

        Pleasures are by your side forever.