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Tehillim 116:3-15 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

3. Chevlei mavet (pangs of death) encompassed me, and the metzarei She'ol (confines, straitnesses of She'ol) have caught up with me and found me; tzoros and yagon (sorrow) I found.

4. Then called I b'Shem Hashem: O Hashem, save my nefesh!

5. Channun (gracious) is Hashem, and tzaddik; yes, Eloheinu is merciful.

6. Hashem is shomer over the petayim (simple-hearted, helpless); I was in need and li yehoshia (me He saved).

7. Return, my nefesh, to thy menuchah (rest, resting place); for Hashem hath dealt bountifully with thee.

8. For Thou hast saved my nefesh from mavet (death), mine eye from dimah (tears), and mine regel (foot) from stumbling.

9. I will walk before Hashem in the Artzot HaChayim (the Land of the Living). [T.N. Note that I can do that because Moshiach was cut off from there in my place and for my sins-Isa 53:8]

10. He'emaneti (I believed); therefore have I spoken; I was greatly afflicted.

11. I said in my chafaz (haste, alarm, consternation), Kol HaAdam Kozev (all men are liars).

12. How shall I repay Hashem for all His benefits to me?

13. I will raise the Kos Yeshu'ot (the Cup of Salvation), and call upon Hashem b'Shem (by Name).

14. I will fulfill my nederim (vows) now in the presence of all His people.

15. Precious in the eyes of Hashem is the mavet of His Chasidim.

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