Living by Faith

Psalm 116:1-9

¹ I love the LORD because he hears my requests for mercy. ² I’ll call out to him as long as I live, because he listens closely to me. ³ Death’s ropes bound me; the distress of the grave found me I came face-to-face with trouble and grief. ⁴ So I called on the LORD’s name: “LORD, please save me!” ⁵ The LORD is merciful and righteous; our God is compassionate. ⁶ The LORD protects simple folk; he saves me whenever I am brought down. ⁷ I tell myself, You can be at peace again, because the LORD has been good to you. ⁸ You, God, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, and my foot from stumbling, ⁹ so I’ll walk before the LORD in the land of the living.