Psalms 116

Psalm 116 ESV

1The Psalmist professeth love and dutiful service to God in return for his deliverance: 12he studieth to express his thankfulness fitly.
1 I 1love the Lord, because he has 2heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he 1inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 1The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
4 Then 1I called on the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”
5 1Gracious is the Lord, and 2righteous; our God is 3merciful.
6 The Lord preserves 1the simple; when 2I was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return, O my soul, to your 1rest; for the Lord has 2dealt bountifully with you.
8 For 1you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
9 I will walk before the Lord 1in the land of the living.
10 1I believed, 2even whena I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted”;
11 1I said in my alarm, 2“All mankind are liars.”
12 What shall I 1render to the Lord for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up 1the cup of salvation and 2call on the name of the Lord,
14 I will 1pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.
15 1Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his 2saints.
16 O Lord, I am your 1servant; I am your servant, 2the son of your maidservant. You have 3loosed my bonds.
17 I will 1offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and 2call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will 1pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,
19 in 1the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. 2Praise the Lord!
Psalms 116

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