Into the Fire

For you, O Lord, have delivered my soul from death,

    my eyes from tears,

    my feet from stumbling,

that I may walk before the Lord

    in the land of the living.

I believed; therefore I said, 

    "I am greatly afflicted."

And in my dismay I said, 

    "All men are liars."

How can I repay the Lord

    for all his goodness to me?

I will lift up the cup of salvation

    and call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

    in the presence of his people.

Psalm 116:8-14 (NIV)