Psalms 116
116
When the LORD saves you from death
1I love you, LORD!
You answered my prayers.
2You paid attention to me,
and so I will pray to you
as long as I live.
3Death attacked from all sides,
and I was captured
by its painful chains.
But when I was really suffering,
4I prayed and said, “LORD,
please don't let me die!”
5You are kind, LORD,
so good and merciful.
6You protect ordinary people,
and when I was helpless,
you saved me
7and treated me so kindly
that I don't need
to worry any more.
8You, LORD, have saved
my life from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.
9Now I will walk at your side
in this land of the living.
10I was faithful to you#2 Co 4.13.
when I was suffering,
11though in my confusion I said,
“I can't trust anyone!”
12What must I give you, LORD,
for being so good to me?
13I will pour out an offering
of wine to you,
and I will pray in your name
because you
have saved me.
14I will keep my promise to you
when your people meet.
15You are deeply concerned
when one of your loyal people
faces death.
16I worship you, LORD,
just as my mother did,
and you have rescued me
from the chains of death.
17I will offer you a sacrifice
to show how grateful I am,
and I will pray.
18I will keep my promise to you
when your people
19gather at your temple
in Jerusalem.
Shout praises to the LORD!
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© British and Foreign Bible Society 2012
Psalms 116
116
Thanksgiving for God’s Deliverance
1I love him, because Yahweh has heard
the voice of my supplications.#Literally “my voice, my supplications”
2Because he has inclined his ear to me,
I will call all my days.#Literally “in my days”
3The ropes of death encircled me,
and the distresses of Sheol found me.
I found trouble and grief.
4Then I called on the name of Yahweh:
“O Yahweh, please save my life!”
5Gracious is Yahweh and righteous,
and our God is merciful.
6Yahweh watches over the simple.
I was brought low, but he gave me victory.
7Return, O my soul, to your repose,
for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
8For you have rescued me#Hebrew “my soul.” If “soul” is accepted, then “death” means “the place of death,” that is, the netherworld. from death,
my eyes#Hebrew “eye” from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9I will walk before Yahweh
in the land#Hebrew “lands” of the living.
10I believed when I spoke,
“I am afflicted greatly.”
11I said in my haste,
“Everyone#Literally “All of the humankind” is a liar.”
12What shall I give back to Yahweh
for all his benefits to me?
13I will lift up the cup of salvation
and proclaim the name of Yahweh.
14I will pay my vows made to Yahweh
in the presence of all his people.
15Costly in Yahweh’s view#Literally “in the eyes of Yahweh” is
the death of his faithful ones.
16Ah, Yahweh, I am indeed your servant;
I am your servant, the child of your maidservant.
You have loosed my bonds.
17I will offer to you a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and proclaim the name of Yahweh.
18I will pay my vows made to Yahweh
in the presence of all his people,
19in the courts of the house#Or “temple” of Yahweh,
in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise Yah!#Hebrew hallelujah
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