4Then I called on the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, deliver my soul!”
5The LORD is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
6The LORD preserves the simplehearted;
I was helpless, and He saved me.
7Return to your rest, O my soul,
for the LORD has been good to you.
8For You have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
— Psalm 116:4-8

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