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Tahiliym 116

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116:1

Book V: The Extraction from Sheol and the Cup of Salvation

I love 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
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Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
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Then called I upon the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄; O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
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The Return to Rest and the Land of the Living

Gracious is 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and righteous; yea, our Alahiym is merciful.
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𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
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Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 hath dealt bountifully with thee.
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For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
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I will walk before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 in the land of the living.
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The Cup of Salvation and the Payment of Vows

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
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I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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What shall I render unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 for all his benefits toward me?
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I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
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I will pay my vows unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 now in the presence of all his people.
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The Precious Death and the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

Precious in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 is the death of his qodesh ones.
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O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
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I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
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I will pay my vows unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 now in the presence of all his people,
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In the courts of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄's house, in the midst of thee, O Yarushalayim. Praise ye Yah.