Through My Bible – September 29

Psalms 116 (EHV)



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¹ I love the Lord, because he hears my voice.

He hears my cry for mercy.

² Because he turned his ear to me,

I will call to him all my days.

³ The ropes of death entangled me.

The walls of the grave hemmed me in. ^[1]

I found distress and sorrow.

⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord:

“Ah, Lord, please save my life!”

⁵ The Lord is gracious and righteous,

and our God is compassionate.

⁶ The Lord protects the inexperienced. ^[2]

In my weakness he saves me too.

⁷ Return, my soul, to your rest,

for the Lord has accomplished his purpose for you.

⁸ Indeed, you have delivered my soul from death,

my eye from weeping, my foot from stumbling,

⁹ so that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

¹⁰ I believed. Therefore, I have spoken:

“I am greatly afflicted.”

¹¹ In my haste I said:

“All people are deceptive.”

¹² How can I repay the Lord for all his benefits to me?

¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation,

and I will call on ^[3] the name of the Lord.

¹⁴ I will fulfill my vows to the Lord,

now in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵ Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his favored ones.

¹⁶ Ah, Lord, truly I am your servant.

I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.

You opened my chains.

¹⁷ To you I will sacrifice a thank offering,

and I will call on the name of the Lord.

¹⁸ I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

    here in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹     in the courtyards of the house of the Lord,

    in the middle of Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

1. Psalm 116:3 Or, more literally, caught up with me


2. Psalm 116:6 Or those with a childlike faith


3. Psalm 116:13 Or proclaim