Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death

116 I love the Lord, because He has heardMy voice and my supplications.² Because He has inclined His ear to me,Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

³ The pains of death surrounded me,And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;I found trouble and sorrow.⁴ Then I called upon the name of the Lord:“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”

⁵ Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;Yes, our God is merciful.⁶ The Lord preserves the simple;I was brought low, and He saved me.⁷ Return to your rest, O my soul,For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸ For You have delivered my soul from death,My eyes from tears,And my feet from falling.⁹ I will walk before the LordIn the land of the living.¹⁰ I believed, therefore I spoke,“I am greatly afflicted.”¹¹ I said in my haste,“All men are liars.”

¹² What shall I render to the LordFor 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 vows to the LordNow in the presence of all His people.

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LordIs the death of His saints.

¹⁶ O Lord, truly I am Your servant;I am Your servant, the son of 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 LordNow in the presence of all His people,¹⁹ In the courts of the Lord’s house,In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!