Psalm 116 and Luke 17:20-21

PSALM 116

¹   I love the LORD, because he has heard
          my voice and my supplications.
²   Because he inclined his ear to me,
          therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
³   The snares of death encompassed me;
          the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
          I suffered distress and anguish.
⁴   Then I called on the name of the LORD:
          “O LORD, I pray, save my life!”

⁵   Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
          our God is merciful.
⁶   The LORD protects the simple;
          when I was brought low, he saved me.
⁷   Return, O my soul, to your rest,
          for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸   For you have delivered my soul from death,
          my eyes from tears,
          my feet from stumbling.
⁹   I walk before the LORD
          in the land of the living.
¹⁰  I kept my faith, even when I said,
          “I am greatly afflicted”;
¹¹  I said in my consternation,
          “Everyone is a liar.”

¹²  What shall I return to the LORD
          for all his bounty to me?
¹³   I will lift up the cup of salvation
          and call on the name of the LORD,
¹⁴  I will pay my vows to the LORD
          in the presence of all his people.
¹⁵  Precious in the sight of the LORD
          is the death of his faithful ones.
¹⁶  O LORD, I am your servant;
          I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.
          You have loosed my bonds.
¹⁷  I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice
          and call on the name of the LORD.
¹⁸  I will pay my vows to the LORD
          in the presence of all his people,
¹⁹  in the courts of the house of the LORD,
          in your midst, O Jerusalem.
     Praise the LORD!

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LUKE 17:20–21

²⁰Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; ²¹nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!' For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among you."