Psalm 116:1-14
New Living Translation (NLT)
Psalm 116
1 I love the Lord because he hears my voice
and my prayer for mercy.
2 Because he bends down to listen,
I will pray as long as I have breath!
3 Death wrapped its ropes around me;
the terrors of the grave[a] overtook me.
I saw only trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“Please, Lord, save me!”
5 How kind the Lord is! How good he is!
So merciful, this God of ours!
6 The Lord protects those of childlike faith;
I was facing death, and he saved me.
7 Let my soul be at rest again,
for the Lord has been good to me.
8 He has saved me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.
9 And so I walk in the Lord’s presence
as I live here on earth!
10 I believed in you, so I said,
“I am deeply troubled, Lord.”
11 In my anxiety I cried out to you,
“These people are all liars!”
12 What can I offer the Lord
for all he has done for me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and praise the Lord’s name for saving me.
14 I will keep my promises to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
and my prayer for mercy.
2 Because he bends down to listen,
I will pray as long as I have breath!
3 Death wrapped its ropes around me;
the terrors of the grave[a] overtook me.
I saw only trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“Please, Lord, save me!”
5 How kind the Lord is! How good he is!
So merciful, this God of ours!
6 The Lord protects those of childlike faith;
I was facing death, and he saved me.
7 Let my soul be at rest again,
for the Lord has been good to me.
8 He has saved me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.
9 And so I walk in the Lord’s presence
as I live here on earth!
10 I believed in you, so I said,
“I am deeply troubled, Lord.”
11 In my anxiety I cried out to you,
“These people are all liars!”
12 What can I offer the Lord
for all he has done for me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and praise the Lord’s name for saving me.
14 I will keep my promises to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
This Psalm is very personal to me right now. I discovered it in my daily reading a few days ago and it leaped off the page at me. It seems as though every few years I go through a bit of a spiritual crises. I want to have that childlike faith in verse 6, the soul at rest in verse 7, and I absolutely do recognize that He has saved me from death. It's okay to be deeply troubled, to be swayed and confused by what this world seems to offer but I will praise the Lord's name for saving me. He is kind, good, merciful (verse 5) and He hears my voice. Knows my heart. Praise the Lord. There is an old Newsboys song that has sort of been an anthem of mine. I can't quote all the verses but my heart always returns to these lines. . .
"I just believe, I just believe it, sometimes I don't know why, gotta go with my gut again on this one. Not just a feelin' it's a reason, we know a line is crooked 'cause we know what's straight, that little voice inside."
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