Psalms 116 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

Thanksgiving for Rescue from Death.

1I love the Lord, because He hears

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 righteous;

Yes, our God is compassionate.

6 The Lord protects the simple (childlike);

I was brought low, and He saved me.

7Return to your rest, O my soul,

For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8For You have rescued my life from death,

My eyes from tears,

And my feet from stumbling and falling.

9I will walk before the Lord

In the land of the living.

10I believed when I said,

“I am greatly afflicted.”

11I said in my alarm,

“All men are liars.”

12¶What will I give to the Lord

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.

15 Precious in the sight of the Lord

Is the death of His godly ones.

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!)