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Psalms 116

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Part of Book V📖 Psalms introduction

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1I love the Lord, because He hears My voice and my pleas. ✦ 2Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. ✦ 3The snares of death encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow. ✦ 4Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “Please, Lord, save my life!” ✦ 5¶Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate. ✦ 6The Lord watches over the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me. ✦ 7Return to your rest, my soul, For the Lord has dealt generously with you. ✦ 8For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from stumbling. ✦ 9I shall walk before the Lord In the land of the living. ✦ 10I believed when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” ✦ 11I said in my alarm, “All people are liars.” ✦ 12¶What shall I repay to the Lord For all His benefits to me? ✦ 13I will lift up the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the Lord. ✦ 14I will pay my vows to the Lord; May it be in the presence of all His people! ✦ 15Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His godly ones. ✦ 16O Lord, I surely am Your slave, I am Your slave, the son of Your female slave, You have unfastened my restraints. ✦ 17I will offer You a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And call upon the name of the Lord. ✦ 18I will pay my vows to the Lord, May it be in the presence of all His people, ✦ 19In the courtyards of the Lord’s house, In the midst of you, Jerusalem! Praise the Lord! ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 116 ·5Ps 86 ·5Neh 9 ·4Ps 22 ·4Ps 119 ·4Ps 31 ·3Ps 50 ·3Ps 18 ·3

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 116 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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