[h=3]Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death[/h]116 I love the Lord, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]Then I called upon the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]I will walk before the Lord
In the land of the living.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
[SUP]11 [/SUP]I said in my haste,
“All men are liars.”
[SUP]12 [/SUP]What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?
[SUP]13 [/SUP]I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the Lord.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]I will pay my vows to the Lord
Now in the presence of all His people.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His saints.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]O Lord, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the Lord.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]I will pay my vows to the Lord
Now in the presence of all His people,
[SUP]19 [/SUP]In the courts of the Lord’s house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!