Psalm 116: Deliverance, Thanksgiving, and Vows of Praise
The script is a full reading of Psalm 116. The speaker declares love for the Lord because God has heard their voice and supplications, and resolves to call upon him for life. It recounts being seized by the sorrows of death and the pains of hell, calling on the Lord for deliverance, and affirming that the Lord is gracious, righteous, merciful, and a preserver of the simple who helps when one is brought low. The psalmist urges their soul to return to rest because the Lord has dealt bountifully, delivering their soul from death, their eyes from tears, and their feet from falling, and vows to walk before the Lord in the land of the living. It includes testimony of belief amid great affliction and the admission made in haste that all men are liars. In response to God’s benefits, the psalmist asks what can be rendered to the Lord, pledging to take the cup of salvation, call upon the Lord, and pay vows in the presence of God’s people. The passage states that the death of the Lord’s saints is precious in his sight, identifies the speaker as the Lord’s servant whose bonds have been loosed, and promises a sacrifice of thanksgiving and public fulfillment of vows in the courts of the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, ending with a call to praise the Lord.
00:00 Psalm 116 Opening: A Love That’s Been Heard
00:17 When Trouble Hits: Crying Out for Deliverance
00:31 God’s Mercy & Rest for the Soul
00:48 Delivered to Walk in the Land of the Living
00:58 Faith Under Affliction: Honest Words in a Hurry
01:06 How Do I Repay the Lord? The Cup of Salvation & Vows
01:20 Precious in His Sight: The Life of God’s Servants
01:34 Thanksgiving in the Lord’s House: Public Praise in Jerusalem
01:48 Final Doxology: Praise Ye the Lord
