## Psalms Chapter 116

###### Psalms 116:1
[Psalms 116:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:1)

אָ֭הַבְתִּי כִּי־יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀יְהֹוָ֑ה אֶת־ק֝וֹלִ֗י תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I love the Lord who hears my voice and my supplications.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(David says, after becoming king following Saul's death:)] I have desired that the L rd hear my voice, my supplications.


###### Psalms 116:2
[Psalms 116:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:2)

כִּֽי־הִטָּ֣ה אׇזְנ֣וֹ לִ֑י וּבְיָמַ֥י אֶקְרָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call upon him as long as I live.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He has inclined His ear to me and in [all of] my days I will call [to Him (— in affliction, to beseech Him; in redemption, to praise Him)].


###### Psalms 116:3
[Psalms 116:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:3)

אֲפָפ֤וּנִי**׀** חֶבְלֵי־מָ֗וֶת וּמְצָרֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל מְצָא֑וּנִי צָרָ֖ה וְיָג֣וֹן אֶמְצָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The cords of death surrounded me, and the pains of She᾽ol seized upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[When] the throes of death surrounded me and the straits of Sheol found me, when affliction and sorrow found me,


###### Psalms 116:4
[Psalms 116:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:4)

וּבְשֵֽׁם־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֶקְרָ֑א אָנָּ֥ה יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה מַלְּטָ֥ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I called upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
and I called out in the name of the L rd — "I beseech You, O L rd, deliver my soul —


###### Psalms 116:5
[Psalms 116:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:5)

חַנּ֣וּן יְהֹוָ֣ה וְצַדִּ֑יק וֵ֖אלֹהֵ֣ינוּ מְרַחֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Gracious is the Lord, and just; and our God is merciful.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"For the L rd is gracious and righteous, and our G d is merciful —


###### Psalms 116:6
[Psalms 116:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:6)

שֹׁמֵ֣ר פְּתָאיִ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה דַּ֝לֹּתִ֗י וְלִ֣י יְהוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"The L rd protects the innocent; when I was impoverished, He saved me" —


###### Psalms 116:7
[Psalms 116:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:7)

שׁוּבִ֣י נַ֭פְשִׁי לִמְנוּחָ֑יְכִי כִּֽי־יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה גָּמַ֥ל עָלָֽיְכִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[I said to my soul (after Saul's death):] "Return, my soul, to your repose, for the L rd has been gracious to you."


###### Psalms 116:8
[Psalms 116:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:8)

כִּ֤י חִלַּ֥צְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֗י מִ֫מָּ֥וֶת אֶת־עֵינִ֥י מִן־דִּמְעָ֑ה אֶת־רַגְלִ֥י מִדֶּֽחִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from failing.


###### Psalms 116:9
[Psalms 116:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:9)

אֶ֭תְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה בְּ֝אַרְצ֗וֹת הַחַיִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall walk before the L rd in the lands of the living [(Eretz Yisrael, whence my foes drove me in the days of Saul)].


###### Psalms 116:10
[Psalms 116:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:10)

הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אֲ֝נִ֗י עָנִ֥יתִי מְאֹֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I kept faith even when I said, I am greatly afflicted.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I believed the words of Ziva against Mefibosheth (II Samuel 16:3) when I said [(Ibid. 4): "Yours is all that belongs to Mefibosheth")] — [after which, realizing my error,] I humbled [myself to You] exceedingly.


###### Psalms 116:11
[Psalms 116:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:11)

אֲ֭נִי אָמַ֣רְתִּי בְחׇפְזִ֑י כׇּֽל־הָאָדָ֥ם כֹּזֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I said in my haste, Every man is false.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I had said in my haste [to escape my son, Avshalom]: "All men speak deceit" [(for which reason I gave credence to Ziva's words that Mefibosheth, too, was a traitor)].


###### Psalms 116:12
[Psalms 116:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:12)

מָה־אָשִׁ֥יב לַיהֹוָ֑ה כׇּֽל־תַּגְמוּל֥וֹהִי עָלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How can I repay the Lord for all his benefits toward me?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
What shall I return to the L rd for all His lovingkindnesses to me?


###### Psalms 116:13
[Psalms 116:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:13)

כּוֹס־יְשׁוּע֥וֹת אֶשָּׂ֑א וּבְשֵׁ֖ם יְהֹוָ֣ה אֶקְרָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will raise the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The cup of salvations [i.e., the libations for the thanksgiving offerings that I vowed (viz. verse 17)] shall I lift, and in the name of the L rd shall I call [(thanking You for this salvation)].


###### Psalms 116:14
[Psalms 116:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:14)

נְ֭דָרַי לַיהֹוָ֣ה אֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם נֶגְדָה־נָּ֝֗א לְכׇל־עַמּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will pay my vows to the Lord now in the presence of all his people.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My vows to the L rd shall I pay in the presence of all His people.


###### Psalms 116:15
[Psalms 116:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:15)

יָ֭קָר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה הַ֝מָּ֗וְתָה לַחֲסִידָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his pious ones.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[I have seen that] grievous in the eyes of the L rd is the death of His saints.


###### Psalms 116:16
[Psalms 116:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:16)

אָנָּ֣ה יְהֹוָה֮ כִּי־אֲנִ֢י עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ אֲֽנִי־עַ֭בְדְּךָ בֶּן־אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ פִּ֝תַּ֗חְתָּ לְמֽוֹסֵרָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord, truly I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid: Thou hast loosed my bonds.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I acknowledge, O L rd [(that You have been gracious unto me)] for I am Your servant. I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant, [for which reason] You opened my bonds.


###### Psalms 116:17
[Psalms 116:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:17)

לְֽךָ־אֶ֭זְבַּח זֶ֣בַח תּוֹדָ֑ה וּבְשֵׁ֖ם יְהֹוָ֣ה אֶקְרָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To You shall I sacrifice an offering of thanksgiving [(for the miracles that You wrought for me)], and in the name of the L rd will I call.


###### Psalms 116:18
[Psalms 116:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:18)

נְ֭דָרַי לַיהֹוָ֣ה אֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם נֶגְדָה־נָּ֝֗א לְכׇל־עַמּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My vows [i.e., the offerings that I vowed] to the L rd shall I now pay in the presence of all His people.


###### Psalms 116:19
[Psalms 116:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/116:19)

בְּחַצְר֤וֹת**׀** בֵּ֤ית יְהֹוָ֗ה בְּֽת֘וֹכֵ֤כִי יְֽרוּשָׁלָ֗͏ִם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
in the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Yerushalayim. Haleluya!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[You who stand] in the courts of the house of the L rd, in your midst Jerusalem, [echo my praises] — Hallelukah!