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Psalm 116

Thanksgiving for Recovery from Illness

1

I love the L ord, because he has heard

my voice and my supplications.

2

Because he inclined his ear to me,

therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

3

The snares of death encompassed me;

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

4

Then I called on the name of the L ord:

“O L ord, I pray, save my life!”

 

5

Gracious is the L ord, and righteous;

our God is merciful.

6

The L ord protects the simple;

when I was brought low, he saved me.

7

Return, O my soul, to your rest,

for the L ord has dealt bountifully with you.

 

8

For you have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling.

9

I walk before the L ord

in the land of the living.

10

I kept my faith, even when I said,

“I am greatly afflicted”;

11

I said in my consternation,

“Everyone is a liar.”

 

12

What shall I return to the L ord

for all his bounty to me?

13

I will lift up the cup of salvation

and call on the name of the L ord,

14

I will pay my vows to the L ord

in the presence of all his people.

15

Precious in the sight of the L ord

is the death of his faithful ones.

16

O L ord, I am your servant;

I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.

You have loosed my bonds.

17

I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice

and call on the name of the L ord.

18

I will pay my vows to the L ord

in the presence of all his people,

19

in the courts of the house of the L ord,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the L ord!


17. I will sacrifice the sacrifices of praise to thee. He once more repeats what he had said about gratitude, and that publicly; for we must manifest our piety, not only by our secret affection before God, but also by an open profession in the sight of men. David, along with the people, observed the rites of the law, knowing that these, at that time, were not unmeaning services; but while he did this, he had a particular reference to the purpose for which they were appointed, and offered principally the sacrifices of praise and the calves of his lips. He speaks of the courts of God’s house, because at that time there was but one altar from which it was unlawful to depart, and it was the will of God that the holy assemblies should be held there, that the faithful might mutually stimulate one another to the cultivation of godliness.


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