The Psalms 116

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death

I love the LORD, because he hath heard

my voice and my supplications.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,

therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

The sorrows of death compassed me,

and the pains of hell gat hold upon me:

I found trouble and sorrow.

Then called I upon the name of the LORD;

O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;

yea, our God is merciful.

The LORD preserveth the simple:

I was brought low, and he helped me.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul;

for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death,

mine eyes from tears,

and my feet from falling.

I will walk before the LORD

in the land of the living.

I believed, therefore have I spoken: 2 Cor. 4.13

I was greatly afflicted:

I said in my haste,

All men are liars.

What shall I render unto the LORD

for all his benefits toward me?

I will take the cup of salvation,

and call upon the name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows unto the LORD

now in the presence of all his people.

Precious in the sight of the LORD

is the death of his saints.

O LORD, truly I am thy servant;

I am thy servant,

and the son of thine handmaid:

thou hast loosed my bonds.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

and will call upon the name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows unto the LORD

now in the presence of all his people,

in the courts of the LORD‘s house,

in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Praise ye the LORD.

Published by The American Bible Society