Thanksgiving for Rescue from Death.

¹I love the Lord , because He hears [and continues to hear]

My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).

²Because He has inclined His ear to me,

Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.

³The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,

And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;

I found distress and sorrow.

⁴Then I called on the name of the Lord :

“O Lord , please save my life!”

⁵¶Gracious is the Lord , and [consistently] righteous;

Yes, our God is compassionate.

⁶The Lord protects the simple (childlike);[#116:6 In Jewish tradition this became a common saying to explain how some people could do ill-advised things and not suffer for them.]

I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and He saved me.

⁷Return to your rest, O my soul,

For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. [Matt 11:29]

⁸For You have rescued my life from death,

My eyes from tears,

And my feet from stumbling and falling.

⁹I will walk [in submissive wonder] before the Lord

In the land of the living.

¹⁰I believed [and clung to my God] when I said,

“I am greatly afflicted.” [2 Cor 4:13]

¹¹I said in my alarm,

“All men are liars.”

¹²¶What will I give to the Lord [in return]

For all His benefits toward me?

[How can I repay Him for His precious blessings?]

¹³I will lift up the cup of salvation

And call on the name of the Lord .

¹⁴I will pay my vows to the Lord ,

Yes, in the presence of all His people.

¹⁵Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the Lord[#116:15 The ancient rabbis interpreted this verse to mean that it is hard for God to declare death upon the righteous.]

Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

¹⁶O Lord , truly I am Your servant;

I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid;

You have unfastened my chains.

¹⁷I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And will call on the name of the Lord .

¹⁸I will pay my vows to the Lord ,

Yes, in the presence of all His people,

¹⁹In the courts of the Lord ’s house (temple)—

In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord ! (Hallelujah!)