Chapter 116
1 I love you, Lord ! You answered my prayers.
2 You paid attention to me, and so I will pray to you as long as I live.
3 Death attacked from all sides, and I was captured by its painful chains. But when I was really hurting,
4 I prayed and said, " Lord , please don’t let me die!"
5 You are kind, Lord , so good and merciful.
6 You protect ordinary people, and when I was helpless, you saved me
7 and treated me so kindly that I don’t need to worry anymore.
8 You, Lord , have saved my life from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9 Now I will walk at your side in this land of the living.
10 I was faithful to you when I was suffering,
11 though in my confusion I said, "I can’t trust anyone!"
12 What must I give you, Lord , for being so good to me?
13 I will pour out an offering of wine to you, and I will pray in your name because you have saved me.
14 I will keep my promise to you when your people meet.
15 You are deeply concerned when one of your loyal people faces death.
16 I worship you, Lord , just as my mother did, and you have rescued me from the chains of death.
17 I will offer you a sacrifice to show how grateful I am, and I will pray.
18 I will keep my promise to you when your people
19 gather at your temple in Jerusalem. Shout praises to the Lord !