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Psalms 116

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Thanksgiving for Rescue from Death.

¹ I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear]
My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).

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

³ The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.

⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, please save my life!”

⁵ Gracious is the Lord, and [consistently] righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.

^{6 [a]}The Lord protects the simple (childlike);
I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and He saved me.

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

⁸ For You have rescued my life from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from stumbling and falling.

⁹ I will walk [in submissive wonder] before the Lord
In the land of the living.

¹⁰ I believed [and clung to my God] when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted.”

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

¹² What will I give to the Lord [in return]
For all His benefits toward me?
[How can I repay Him for His precious blessings?]

¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation
And call on the name of the Lord.

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

^{15 [b]}Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

¹⁶ O Lord, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid;
You have unfastened my chains.

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

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

¹⁹ In the courts of the Lord’S house (temple)--
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

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