PSALM 116

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death


			
			01 I Love the LORD, because He has
			   heard
			   My voice and my supplications.
			02 Because He has inclined His ear
			   to me,
			   Therefore I will call upon Him as 
			   long as I live.
			03 The pains of death surrounded
			   me,
			   And the pangs of Sheol
			   laid hold of me;
			   I found trouble and sorrow.
			04 Then I called upon the name of
			   the LORD:
			   "O LORD, I implore You, deliver 
			   my soul!"
			
			05 Gracious is the LORD, and
			   righteous;
			   Yes, our God is merciful.
			06 The LORD preserves the simple;
			   I was brought low, and He 
			   saved me.
			07 Return to your rest, O my soul,
			   For the LORD has dealt
			   bountifully with you.
			
			08 For Yu have delivered my soul
			   from death,
			   And my feet from falling.
			09 I will walk before the LORD
			   in the land of the living.
			10 I believed, therefore I spoke,
			   "I an greatly afflicted."
			11 I said in my haste,
			   All men are liars."
			
			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 cows to the LORD
			   Now in the presence of all His
			   people
			
			15 Precious in the sight of the LORD
			   is the death of His saints.
			
			16 O LORD, truly I am Your servant;
			   I am 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.
			
			18 I will pay my vows to the LORD
			   Now in the presence of all His 
			   people,
			   In the courts of the LORD'S 
			   house,
			   In the midst of you,
			   O Jerusalem.
			
			   Praise the LORD!