Psalm Chapter 116

Psalm 116: Deliverance, Thanksgiving, and Vows of Praise

The script is a full reading of Psalm 116. The speaker declares love for the Lord because God has heard their voice and supplications, and resolves to call upon him for life. It recounts being seized by the sorrows of death and the pains of hell, calling on the Lord for deliverance, and affirming that the Lord is gracious, righteous, merciful, and a preserver of the simple who helps when one is brought low. The psalmist urges their soul to return to rest because the Lord has dealt bountifully, delivering their soul from death, their eyes from tears, and their feet from falling, and vows to walk before the Lord in the land of the living. It includes testimony of belief amid great affliction and the admission made in haste that all men are liars. In response to God’s benefits, the psalmist asks what can be rendered to the Lord, pledging to take the cup of salvation, call upon the Lord, and pay vows in the presence of God’s people. The passage states that the death of the Lord’s saints is precious in his sight, identifies the speaker as the Lord’s servant whose bonds have been loosed, and promises a sacrifice of thanksgiving and public fulfillment of vows in the courts of the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, ending with a call to praise the Lord.

00:00 Psalm 116 Opening: A Love That’s Been Heard
00:17 When Trouble Hits: Crying Out for Deliverance
00:31 God’s Mercy & Rest for the Soul
00:48 Delivered to Walk in the Land of the Living
00:58 Faith Under Affliction: Honest Words in a Hurry
01:06 How Do I Repay the Lord? The Cup of Salvation & Vows
01:20 Precious in His Sight: The Life of God’s Servants
01:34 Thanksgiving in the Lord’s House: Public Praise in Jerusalem
01:48 Final Doxology: Praise Ye the Lord

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Psalm 116

I love the Lord, because he hath
heard my voice and my supplications.

Because he hath inclined his
ear unto me, therefore will I

call upon him as long as I live.

The sorrows of death and the
pains of hell gat hold upon

me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Then called I upon the name of the Lord;
O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Gracious is the Lord, and
righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

The Lord preserveth the simple: I
was brought low, and he helped me.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the
Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

For thou hast delivered my
soul from death, mine eyes from

tears, and my feet from falling.

I will walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.

I believed, therefore have I
spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

What shall I render unto the Lord
for all his benefits toward me?

I will take the cup of salvation,
and call upon the name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now
in the presence of all his people.

Precious in the sight of the
Lord is the death of his saints.

O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I
am thy servant, and the son of thine

handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice
of thanksgiving, and will call

upon the name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now
in the presence of all his people.

In the courts of the Lord's house,
in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Praise ye the Lord.