Mourning into Dancing

This morning I read Psalm 116.  I was in the throes of death Friday and Saturday so I could really relate, and after my day yesterday, I could REALLY relate!!

I love the LORD because He hears 

My voice and my 

supplications.

Because He has inclined

His ear to me,

Therefore I shall call upon

Him as long as I live.

The cords of death

encompassed me

And the terrors of Sheol

came upon me;

I found distress and 

sorrow

Then I called upon the 

name of the LORD:

"O LORD I beseech You, 

save my life!"

Gracious is the LORD, and

righteous;

Yes, our God is compassionate.

The LORD preserves the 

simple;

I was brought low, and 

He save me.

Return to your rest, 

O my soul,

For the LORD has dealt 

bountifully with you.

For You have rescued my

soul from death, 

My eyes from tears, 

My feet from stumbling.

I shall walk before the LORD

In the land of the living.

I believed when I said,,

"I am greatly afflicted."

I said in my alarm,

"All men are liars."

What shall I render to 

the Lord 

For all His benefits 

toward me?

I shall lift up the cup of 

salvation

And call upon the name

of the LORD.

I shall pay my vows to 

the LORD,

Oh may it be in the

presence of all His

people.

Precious in the sight of 

the LORD 

Is the death of His godly

ones.

O LORD, surely I am

Your servant,

I am Your servant, the 

son of Your handmaid,

You have loosed my

bonds

To You I shall offer a 

sacrifice of 

thanksgiving.

And call upon the name

of the LORD.

I shall pay my vows to 

the LORD, 

Oh may it be in the

presence of all his 

people,

In the courts of the 

LORD'S house,

In the midst of you,

O Jerusalem,

Praise the LORD

(from the nasb)