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15 [a]Dear in the eyes of the Lord
    is the death of his devoted.(A)
16 Lord, I am your servant,
    your servant, the child of your maidservant;(B)
    you have loosed my bonds.

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Footnotes

  1. 116:15 Dear in the eyes of the Lord: the meaning is that the death of God’s faithful is grievous to God, not that God is pleased with the death, cf. Ps 72:14. In Wis 3:5–6, God accepts the death of the righteous as a sacrificial burnt offering.

15 Precious in the sight(A) of the Lord
    is the death of his faithful servants.(B)
16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;(C)
    I serve you just as my mother did;(D)
    you have freed me from my chains.(E)

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