Psalm 116
Thanksgiving to God Who Saves from Death
I
1 I love the Lord, who listened
to my voice in supplication,
2 Who turned an ear to me
on the day I called.
3 I was caught by the cords of death;(A)
the snares of Sheol had seized me;
I felt agony and dread.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord,
“O Lord, save my life!”
II
5 Gracious is the Lord and righteous;
yes, our God is merciful.(B)
6 The Lord protects the simple;
I was helpless, but he saved me.
7 Return, my soul, to your rest;
the Lord has been very good to you.(C)
8 For my soul has been freed from death,
my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.(D)
9 I shall walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.(E)
III
10 I kept faith, even when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted!”(F)
11 I said in my alarm,
“All men are liars!”(G)
12 How can I repay the Lord
for all the great good done for me?
13 I will raise the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord.
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15 Dear in the eyes of the Lord
is the death of his devoted.(H)
16 Lord, I am your servant,
your servant, the child of your maidservant;(I)
you have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer a sacrifice of praise
and call on the name of the Lord.(J)
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord(K)
in the presence of all his people,
19 In the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!
Footnotes
- Psalm 116
- 116:3
- 116:9
- 116:10
- 116:13
- 116:15
Cross references
- 116:3 : Ps 18:5; Jon 2:3.
- 116:5 : Ex 34:6.
- 116:7 : Ps 13:6.
- 116:8 : Ps 56:14; Is 25:8; Rev 21:4.
- 116:9 : Ps 27:13; 56:14; Is 38:11.
- 116:10 : 2 Cor 4:13.
- 116:11 : Ps 12:2.
- 116:15 : Ps 72:14; Is 43:4.
- 116:16 : Ps 86:16; 143:12; Wis 9:5.
- 116:17 : Lv 7:12ff.
- 116:18 : Jon 2:10.
