Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death.
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I love the LORD, because He hears
My voice {and} my supplications.
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Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I shall call {upon Him} as long as I live.
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The cords of death encompassed me
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
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Then I called upon the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, I beseech You, save my life!
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Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.
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The LORD preserves the simple;
I was brought low, 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 soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
My feet from stumbling.
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I shall walk before the LORD
In the land of the living.
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I believed when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted.
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I said in my alarm,
“All men are liars.
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What shall I render to the LORD
For all His benefits toward me?
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I shall lift up the cup of salvation
And call upon the name of the LORD.
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I shall pay my vows to the LORD,
Oh {may it be} in the presence of all His people.
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Precious in the sight of the LORD
Is the death of His godly ones.
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O LORD, surely I am Your servant,
I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid,
You have loosed my bonds.
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To You I shall offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And call upon the name of the LORD.
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I shall pay my vows to the LORD,
Oh {may it be} in the presence of all His people,
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In the courts of the LORD’S house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise the LORD!