Psalms 116

Psalm 116

Thanksgiving for Recovery from Illness

1I love the Lord because he has heard[#Ps 18.1; 66.19]

my voice and my supplications.

2Because he inclined his ear to me,[#Ps 40.1]

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

3The snares of death encompassed me;[#Ps 18.4–6]

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

4Then I called on the name of the Lord ,

“O Lord , I pray, save my life!”

5Gracious is the Lord and righteous;[#Ex 34.6; Ezra 9.15; Neh 9.8; Ps 103.8; 145.17]

our God is merciful.

6The Lord protects the simple;

when I was brought low, he saved me.

7Return, O my soul, to your rest,[#Ps 13.6; Jer 6.16; Mt 11.29]

for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8For you have delivered my soul from death,[#Ps 56.13]

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling.

9I walk before the Lord

in the land of the living.

10I kept my faith, even when I said,[#116.10 Some early witnesses begin a new psalm here]

“I am greatly afflicted”;

11I said in my consternation,[#Ps 31.22; Rom 3.4]

“Everyone is a liar.”

12What shall I return to the Lord

for all his bounty to me?

13I will lift up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the Lord ;

14I will pay my vows to the Lord[#Ps 22.25; Jon 2.9]

in the presence of all his people.

15Precious in the sight of the Lord[#Ps 72.14]

is the death of his faithful ones.

16O Lord , I am your servant;[#Ps 86.16; 119.125; 143.12]

I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.

You have loosed my bonds.

17I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice[#v 13 ; Ps 50.14]

and call on the name of the Lord .

18I will pay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

19in the courts of the house of the Lord ,[#Ps 96.8; 135.2]

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord !

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