Psalms 116

Love, Deliverance, and Public Thanksgiving

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Overview

The psalmist moves from an intimate declaration of love grounded in God's attentiveness, through an honest account of distress, near-death, and human frailty, to a series of solemn liturgical acts — lifting the cup of salvation, offering the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pledging his freed life entirely back to God before the gathered assembly in the Temple courts.

Passages

1–2Declaration of Love and God's Attentiveness 3–4Cry from the Depths of Distress 5–6The Character of Yahweh: Gracious, Righteous, and Protecting 7–9The Soul's Return to Rest and Life Before God 10–11Faith Amid Affliction and Human Frailty 12–14Gratitude and the Cup of Salvation 15–16Precious in His Sight: The Martyr's Death and the Servant's Surrender 17–19The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving and Public Vows in the Temple

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Psalms 116

¹I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.

²Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

³The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

⁴Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

⁵Yahweh is gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.

⁶Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

⁷Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

⁹I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.

¹⁰I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”

¹¹I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”

¹²What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?

¹³I will take the cup of salvation, and call on Yahweh’s name.

¹⁴I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints.

¹⁶Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant girl. You have freed me from my chains.

¹⁷I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name.

¹⁸I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

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