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Psalm 116 Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death

Psalm 116:1-19 Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death

Psalm 116:1-2
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.

Psalm 116:3-4
3
The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs (distresses) 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!”

Psalm 116:5-6
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.

Psalm 116:8-11
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.”

Psalm 116:12-14
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.

Psalm 116:15
15
Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His saints.

Psalm 116:16-17
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.

Psalm 116:18-19
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 (Hebrew: Hallelujah)!