Psalm 116

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death

1. I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.

2. Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

3. The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.

4. Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”

5. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.

6. The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.

7. Return to your rest, O my soul, For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8. For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.

9. I will walk before the Lord In the land of the living.

10. I believed, therefore I spoke, “I am greatly afflicted.”

11. I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

12. What shall I render to the Lord For all His benefits toward me?

13. I will take up the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the Lord.

14. I will pay my vows to the Lord Now in the presence of all His people.

15. Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His saints.

16. O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my bonds.

17. I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the Lord.

18. I will pay my vows to the Lord Now in the presence of all His people,

19. In the courts of the Lord’s house, In the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!