I love the LORD, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
3 The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called upon the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.
6 The LORD preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.
7 Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD
In the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
11 I said in my haste,
“All men are liars.”
12 What shall I render to the LORD
For all His benefits toward me?
13 I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD
Is the death of His saints.
16 O LORD, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the LORD.
18 I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people,
19 In the courts of the LORD’s house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise the LORD!
Psalm 116
I love the LORD, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
3 The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called upon the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.
6 The LORD preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.
7 Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD
In the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
11 I said in my haste,
“All men are liars.”
12 What shall I render to the LORD
For all His benefits toward me?
13 I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD
Is the death of His saints.
16 O LORD, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the LORD.
18 I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people,
19 In the courts of the LORD’s house,
ere are key New Testament passages about prayers being answered: Jesus’s direct promises:
Matthew 7:7-11 - “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened” Matthew 21:21-22 - Faith and prayer can move mountains; “whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it” Mark 11:24 - “Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours” John 14:13-14 - “Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” John 15:7 - “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you” John 15:16 - “Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you” John 16:23-24 - “Whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you”
Apostolic teaching:
James 1:5-6 - Ask God for wisdom in faith without doubting James 5:16 - “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working” 1 John 3:21-22 - “Whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments” 1 John 5:14-15 - Confidence that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us Philippians 4:6-7 - Present requests to God with thanksgiving
Parables on persistence:
Luke 11:5-13 - Parable of the friend at midnight Luke 18:1-8 - Parable of the persistent widow