Psalms 116:1-9

1I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.

2Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!

3Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble and sorrow.

4Then I called on the name of the Lord: “Please, Lord, save me!”

5How kind the Lord is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!

6The Lord protects those of childlike faith; I was facing death, and he saved me.

7Let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord has been good to me.

8He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

9And so I walk in the Lord’s presence as I live here on earth!