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Psalms 116

I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.

Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.

The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.

Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;

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

I believed, even when I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted”;

I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.”

What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me?

I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD,

I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.

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

O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.

I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,

in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

Scripture quotations marked “ESV” are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Psalms 116:12

“What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me?”

What shall I return to the LORD for all his bounty to me? The speaker contemplates how to repay God's generosity, a rhetorical gesture acknowledging that reciprocation is impossible. This verse expresses the inadequacy of human response to divine grace.

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Psalms 116:12

“What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me?”

What shall I return to the LORD for all his bounty to me? The speaker contemplates how to repay God's generosity, a rhetorical gesture acknowledging that reciprocation is impossible. This verse expresses the inadequacy of human response to divine grace.

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Psalms 116:12

What shall I return to the LORD for all his bounty to me? The speaker contemplates how to repay God's generosity, a rhetorical gesture acknowledging that reciprocation is impossible. This verse expresses the inadequacy of human response to divine grace.