English Standard Version
Psalms 116:8
8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
Psalms 116:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
- New International Version (NIV)For you, Lord, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
Context of Psalms 116:8
6The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. 7Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling; 9I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. 10I believed, even when I spoke: "I am greatly afflicted";
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:8 word by word
כִּ֤י חִלַּ֥צְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֗י מִ֫מָּ֥וֶת אֶת־עֵינִ֥י מִן־דִּמְעָ֑ה אֶת־רַגְלִ֥י מִדֶּֽחִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 116:8
- Psalms 56:13For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- Psalms 86:13For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
- Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.
- Isaiah 38:5"Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
- Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
- Revelation 21:4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
- Psalms 37:24though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.
- Psalms 94:18When I thought, "My foot slips," your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
- Judges 1:24And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, "Please show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you."
Commentaries on Psalms 116:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thou hast delivered my soul from death - Thou hast rescued my life from the destruction to which it was exposed. Mine eyes from tears - Thou hast turned my sorrow into joy. My feet from falling - Thou hast taken me out of the land of snares and pitfalls, and brought me into a plain path. How very near does our ancient mother tongue come to this: For thou he nerode sawle mine of deathe, eapan mine of tearum; fet mine of slide. And this language is but a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For thou hast delivered my soul from death - My life. Thou hast saved me from death. This is such language as would be used by one who had been dangerously ill, and who had been restored again to health. Mine eyes from tears - Tears which he had shed in his sickness, and in the apprehension of dying. It may refer to tears shed on other occasions, but it is most natural to refer it to this. Compare the notes at Psalm 6:6. And my feet from falling - From…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11The psalmist’s near-death crisis made him more aware of life and of walking before the Lord. Though he had suffered, the Lord was faithful. However, people are all liars.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. The relief which he asked is the result not of his merit, but of God's known pity and tenderness, which is acknowledged in assuring himself (his "soul," Psa 11:1; 16:10) of rest and peace. All calamities [Psa 116:8] are represented by death, tears, and falling of the feet (Psa 56:13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 116
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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