Psalm 116
116
I Love the Lord
1I #Ps. 18:1 love the Lord, because he has #Ps. 66:19; 118:21heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2Because he #[Ps. 31:2]inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 # See Ps. 18:4 The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
4Then #Ps. 118:5; See Ps. 18:6I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
5 # See Ps. 86:15 Gracious is the Lord, and #Ps. 7:9; 119:137; 145:17; Ezra 9:15; Neh. 9:8; Jer. 12:1; Dan. 9:7 righteous;
our God is #See Ps. 62:12merciful.
6The Lord preserves #See Ps. 19:7 the simple;
when #Ps. 79:8; 142:6I was brought low, he saved me.
7Return, O my soul, to your #Jer. 6:16; [Matt. 11:28] rest;
for the Lord has #See Ps. 13:6dealt bountifully with you.
8For #Ps. 49:15; 56:13; [Ps. 86:13]you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;
9I will walk before the Lord
# See Ps. 27:13 in the land of the living.
10 # Cited 2 Cor. 4:13 I believed, #[Ps. 39:3]even when#116:10 Or believed, indeed; Septuagint believed, therefore I spoke:
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 #
Ps. 31:22 I said in my alarm,
# [Ps. 62:9] “All mankind are liars.”
12What shall I #2 Chr. 32:25render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
13I will lift up #[Ps. 16:5] the cup of salvation
and #See Ps. 99:6; 105:1call on the name of the Lord,
14I will #See Ps. 50:14pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15 # See Ps. 72:14 Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his #See Ps. 50:5saints.
16O Lord, I am your #Ps. 119:125; 143:12; [Ps. 113:1] servant;
I am your servant, #Ps. 86:16 the son of your maidservant.
You have #[Job 12:18]loosed my bonds.
17I will #See Ps. 50:14 offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and #[See ver. 13 above]call on the name of the Lord.
18I will #[See ver. 14 above]pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19in #See Ps. 92:13 the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
# See Ps. 104:35 Praise the Lord!
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Psalm 116
116
Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death
1I love the Lord, because he hath heard
my voice and my supplications.
2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,
therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
3The sorrows of death compassed me,
and the pains of hell#116.3 hell, Hebrew Sheol. gat hold upon me:
I found trouble and sorrow.
4Then called I upon the name of the Lord;
O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
yea, our God is merciful.
6The Lord preserveth the simple:
I was brought low, and he helped me.
7Return unto thy rest, O my soul;
for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
mine eyes from tears,
and my feet from falling.
9I will walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
10 #
2 Cor 4.13. I believed, therefore have I spoken:
I was greatly afflicted:
11I said in my haste,
All men are liars.
12What shall I render unto the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?
13I will take the cup of salvation,
and call upon the name of the Lord.
14I will pay my vows unto the Lord
now in the presence of all his people.
15Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.
16O Lord, truly I am thy servant;
I am thy servant,
and the son of thine handmaid:
thou hast loosed my bonds.
17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call upon the name of the Lord.
18I will pay my vows unto the Lord
now in the presence of all his people,
19in the courts of the Lord's house,
in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Praise ye the Lord.
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