PSALM 116 Thanksgiving for having been spared from death

Psalm 116 (New International Version)

Psalm 116

 ¹ I love the LORD, for he heard my voice;
       he heard my cry for mercy.
 ² Because he turned his ear to me,
       I will call on him as long as I live.
 ³ The cords of death entangled me,
       the anguish of the grave came upon me;
       I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.
 ⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD :
       "O LORD, save me!"
 ⁵ The LORD is gracious and righteous;
       our God is full of compassion.
 ⁶ The LORD protects the simplehearted;
       when I was in great need, he saved me.
 ⁷ Be at rest once more, O my soul,
       for the LORD has been good to you.
 ⁸ For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death,
       my eyes from tears,
       my feet from stumbling,
 ⁹ that I may walk before the LORD
       in the land of the living.
 ¹⁰ I believed; therefore I said,
       "I am greatly afflicted."
 ¹¹ And in my dismay I said,
       "All men are liars."
 ¹² How can I repay the LORD
       for all his goodness to me?
 ¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation
       and call on the name of the LORD.
 ¹⁴ I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
       in the presence of all his people.
 ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD
       is the death of his saints.
 ¹⁶ O LORD, truly I am your servant;
       I am your servant, the son of your maidservant;
       you have freed me from my chains.
 ¹⁷ I will sacrifice a thank offering to you
       and call on the name of the LORD.
 ¹⁸ I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
       in the presence of all his people,
 ¹⁹ in the courts of the house of the LORD—
       in your midst, O Jerusalem.
       Praise the LORD.