Psalms 116:1-9

1I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.

2Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

3The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

4Then I called on the name of the Lord: "O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!"

5Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful.

6The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.

7Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;

9I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.