Psalm 116 - Good News Translation

Someone Saved from Death Praises God

¹ I love the Lord, because he hears me; he listens to my prayers.

² He listens to me every time I call to him.

³ The danger of death was all around me; the horrors of the grave closed in on me; I was filled with fear and anxiety.

⁴ Then I called to the Lord, “I beg you, Lord, save me!”

⁵ The Lord is merciful and good; our God is compassionate.

⁶ The Lord protects the helpless; when I was in danger, he saved me.

⁷ Be confident, my heart, because the Lord has been good to me.

⁸ The Lord saved me from death; he stopped my tears and kept me from defeat.

⁹ And so I walk in the presence of the Lord in the world of the living.

¹⁰ I kept on believing, even when I said, “I am completely crushed,”

¹¹ even when I was afraid and said, “No one can be trusted.”

¹² What can I offer the Lord for all his goodness to me?

¹³ I will bring a wine offering to the Lord, to thank him for saving me.

¹⁴ In the assembly of all his people I will give him what I have promised.

¹⁵ How painful it is to the Lord when one of his people dies!

¹⁶ I am your servant, Lord; I serve you just as my mother did. You have saved me from death.

¹⁷ I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and offer my prayer to you.

^18-19 In the assembly of all your people, in the sanctuary of your Temple in Jerusalem, I will give you what I have promised. Praise the Lord!