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My point in bringing this up is that over these months, I have been really surprised at how much I enjoy praying the psalms. When I was growing up, I would see these pocket New Testament Bibles that street evangelizers would hand out and they always had the Psalms in them as well. I didn't really understand what that was about. Why was this other random book always included? After spending some time with them, I understand why they are so loved and so powerful. I might skip the hymn, I might skip the canticle (I love the morning canticle but find the evening canticle imminently skippable--probably because I'm a bad person.), but I never skip the psalm. I know it's cliche but they really do encompass the whole of human existence: the good, the bad, and the ugly. After months of having psalm after psalm put before my eyes everyday, I came to look forward to one in particular, Psalm 116. I feel like it gives voice to a lot of my struggles. It doesn't sugarcoat. The hard reality of life is acknowledged, but confirms that faith can exist even when you are upset. It offers hope and trust that the Lord is really listening to you even when sometimes it doesn't feel like it. And best of all, it doesn't stop with these undefineable feelings, but goes on to list concrete steps to show what faith looks like in real life and not just in my head. There's a checklist! How can I live out faith in the middle of struggles and show the Lord thanksgiving for *everything* in my life? I can raise the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. How reassuring! These are things I can do, or try to do, instead of floundering in the dark. I would love to memorize it. Here is my own personal version where I have cherry-picked different translations so it says it exactly how I want it said. One translation would be almost right, but then drop a phrase or use a different word. Maybe I shouldn't cherry-pick because I'm sure there is some degradation of the structural integrity of the translation by picking and choosing, but I am not concerned. Is there any particular Psalm that you like the best? Psalm 116 1 I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The snares of death encompassed me; the anguish of the grave laid hold on me; I suffered sorrow and distress. 4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, save me!” 5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. 6 The Lord protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. 7 Return, O my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. 9 I walk before the Lord in the land of the living. 10 I kept my faith, even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted”; 11 I said in my alarm, “All men are liars.”12 What shall I return to the Lord for all his goodness to me? 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord, 14 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones. 16 O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the child of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer to thee a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord. 18 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people, 19 in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
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भजनसंग्रह अध्याय 116 जब परमप्रभुले मेरो प्रार्थना सुन्नु हुँदछ त्यो मलाई मन पर्दछ। 2 जब मैले गुहार माग्दा उहाँले मलाई सहाएता दिनुहुन्छ त्यो मलाई मन पर्छ। 3 म मर्न आटेको थिंए। मृत्युको डोरीहरूले मलाई वरिपरि बाँधिएको थियो। चिहान मेरो वरिपरि थियो म भयभीत र चिन्तित थिएँ। 4 तब मैले परमेश्वरको नाउँ डाकें। मैले भने, “परमप्रभु, मलाई बचाउनु होस्!” 5 परमप्रभु धार्मिक र करूणामय हुनुहुन्छ। हाम्रा परमेश्वर कृपालु हुनुहुन्छ। 6 परमप्रभुले असहाय मानिसहरूको हेरचाह गर्नु हुन्छ। म असहाय थिएँ अनि परमप्रभुले मलाई बचाउनु भयो। 7 हे मेरो प्राण, विश्राम गर! परमेश्वरले तिमीलाई हेरचाह गरिरहनु भएको छ। 8 हे परमेश्वर, तपाईंले मेरो प्राणलाई मृत्युबाट बचाउनु भयो। तपाईंले मेरो आँसुहरू थामिदिनु भयो। तपाईंले मलाई पतन हुनदेखि जोगाउनु भयो। 9 जीवितहरूको देशमा पनि म परमप्रभुको सेवा अनवरत गर्नेछु। 10 यद्यपि मैले भने अझ पनि मेरो विश्वास थियो, “म सर्वनाश भएँ!” 11 हो, मलाई विश्वास थियो, जब म डराएको थिएँ, मैले भने, “सबै मानिसहरू झूटा छन्!” 12 म परमप्रभुलाई के दिन सक्छु र? ममा भएका सबै कुराहरू परमप्रभुले नै दिनु भएको हो। 13 उहाँले मलाई बचाउनु भयो, यसकारण म उहाँलाई अर्घ बलि चढाउनेछु। अनि म परमप्रभुको नाउँ बोलाउनेछु। 14 परमप्रभुले वचन दिएको कुराहरू म परमेश्वरलाई दिनेछु। म अब सम्पूर्ण मानिसहरूका समक्षमा जानेछु। 15 परमेश्वरका भक्तजनहरू मध्ये एउटै पनि मर्यो भने त्यो उहाँको निम्ति महत्वपूर्ण हुनेछ। परमप्रभु तपाईंको दासहरू मध्ये म एक हुँ। 16 हे परमप्रभु, म तपाईंको दास हुँ। म तपाईंकी एकजना सेविकाको बालक हुँ। परमप्रभु, तपाईं नै मेरो प्रथम गुरू हुनुहुन्थ्यो! 17 म तपाईंलाई धन्यवादको भेटी टक्र्याउने छु। म परमप्रभुको नाउँ पुकार्नेछु। 18 आफुले वचन दिएको कुराहरू म परमेश्वरलाई दिनेछु। अब म सम्पूर्ण मानिसहरूको समक्ष जाने छु। 19 म यरूशलेमको मन्दिरमा जाने छु। परमप्रभुको प्रशंसा गर!