The Lord is gracious and richteous.

I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;

he heard my cry for mercy.

Because he turned his ear to me,

I will call on him as long as I live.

The cords of death entangled me, 
the anguish of the grave came over me; 
I was overcome by distress and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the Lord: 
“Lord, save me!”

The Lord is gracious and righteous; 
our God is full of compassion. 
The Lord protects the unwary; 
when I was brought low, he saved me.

Return to your rest, my soul, 
for the Lord has been good to you.

For you, Lord, have delivered me from death, 
my eyes from tears, 
my feet from stumbling, 
that I may walk before the Lord 
in the land of the living.

I trusted in the Lord when I said, 
“I am greatly afflicted”; 
in my alarm I said, 
“Everyone is a liar.”

What shall I return to the Lord 
for all his goodness to me?

Psalmi 116: 1-12