Psalms 116

116

1I love the Lord because he hears my voice

and my prayer for mercy.

2Because he bends down to listen,

I will pray as long as I have breath!

3Death wrapped its ropes around me;

the terrors of the grave#116:3 Hebrew of Sheol. overtook me.

I saw only trouble and sorrow.

4Then I called on the name of the Lord:

“Please, Lord, save me!”

5How kind the Lord is! How good he is!

So merciful, this God of ours!

6The Lord protects those of childlike faith;

I was facing death, and he saved me.

7Let my soul be at rest again,

for the Lord has been good to me.

8He has saved me from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling.

9And so I walk in the Lord’s presence

as I live here on earth!

10I believed in you, so I said,

“I am deeply troubled, Lord.”

11In my anxiety I cried out to you,

“These people are all liars!”

12What can I offer the Lord

for all he has done for me?

13I will lift up the cup of salvation

and praise the Lord’s name for saving me.

14I will keep my promises to the Lord

in the presence of all his people.

15The Lord cares deeply

when his loved ones die.

16O Lord, I am your servant;

yes, I am your servant, born into your household;

you have freed me from my chains.

17I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving

and call on the name of the Lord.

18I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people—

19in the house of the Lord

in the heart of Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

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Psalms 116

116

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death

1I #Ps. 18:1love the Lord, because He has heard

My voice and my supplications.

2Because He has inclined His ear to me,

Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

3#Ps. 18:4–6The pains of death surrounded me,

And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;

I found trouble and sorrow.

4Then I called upon the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”

5#(Ps. 103:8)Gracious is the Lord, and #(Ezra 9:15); Neh. 9:8; (Ps. 119:137; 145:17; Jer. 12:1; Dan. 9:14)righteous;

Yes, our God is merciful.

6The Lord preserves the simple;

I was brought low, and He saved me.

7Return to your #(Jer. 6:16; Matt. 11:29)rest, O my soul,

For #Ps. 13:6the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8#Ps. 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death,

My eyes from tears,

And my feet from falling.

9I will walk before the Lord

#Ps. 27:13In the land of the living.

10#2 Cor. 4:13I believed, therefore I spoke,

“I am greatly afflicted.”

11#Ps. 31:22I said in my haste,

#Rom. 3:4“All men are liars.”

12What shall I render to the Lord

For all His benefits toward me?

13I will take up the cup of salvation,

And call upon the name of the Lord.

14#Ps. 116:18I will pay my vows to the Lord

Now in the presence of all His people.

15#Ps. 72:14; (Rev. 14:13)Precious in the sight of the Lord

Is the death of His saints.

16O Lord, truly #Ps. 119:125; 143:12I am Your servant;

I am Your servant, #Ps. 86:16the son of Your maidservant;

You have loosed my bonds.

17I will offer to You #Lev. 7:12; Ps. 50:14; 107:22the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And will call upon the name of the Lord.

18I will pay my vows to the Lord

Now in the presence of all His people,

19In the #Ps. 96:8courts of the Lord’s house,

In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

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