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Psalm 116 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Thanksgiving for Rescue from Death.

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I love the LORD, because He hears [and continues to hear]

My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).

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Because He has inclined His ear to me,

Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.

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The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,

And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;

I found distress and sorrow.

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Then I called on the name of the LORD:

“O LORD, please save my life!”

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Gracious is the LORD, and [consistently] righteous;

Yes, our God is compassionate.

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[fn]The LORD protects the simple (childlike);

I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and He saved me.

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Return to your rest, O my soul,

For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

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For You have rescued my life from death,

My eyes from tears,

And my feet from stumbling and falling.

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I will walk [in submissive wonder] before the LORD

In the land of the living.

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I believed [and clung to my God] when I said,

“I am greatly afflicted.”

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Psalms 116:10 Commentaries
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I said in my alarm,

“All men are liars.”

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What will I give to the LORD [in return]

For all His benefits toward me?

[How can I repay Him for His precious blessings?]

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I will lift up the cup of salvation

And call on the name of the LORD.

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I will pay my vows to the LORD,

Yes, in the presence of all His people.

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[fn]Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the LORD

Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

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O LORD, truly I am Your servant;

I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid;

You have unfastened my chains.

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I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And will call on the name of the LORD.

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I will pay my vows to the LORD,

Yes, in the presence of all His people,

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In the courts of the LORDS house (temple)—

In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

AMP Footnotes
In Jewish tradition this became a common saying to explain how some people could do ill-advised things and not suffer for them.
The ancient rabbis interpreted this verse to mean that it is hard for God to declare death upon the righteous.
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