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;
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.
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.
8 For my soul has been freed from death,
my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9 I shall walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
III
10 I kept faith, even when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted!”
11 I said in my alarm,
“All men are liars!”
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.
16 Lord, I am your servant,
your servant, the child of your maidservant;
you have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer a sacrifice of praise
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 In the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!