God’s Word Translation
Psalms 116:8
8You saved me from death. You saved my eyes from tears ⌞and⌟ 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,
- English Standard Version (ESV)For you have delivered my soul 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.
Context of Psalms 116:8
6The Lord protects defenseless people. When I was weak, he saved me. 7Be at peace again, my soul, because the Lord has been good to you. You saved me from death. You saved my eyes from tears ⌞and⌟ my feet from stumbling. 9I will walk in the Lord’s presence in this world of the living. 10I kept my faith even when I said, “I am suffering terribly.”
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:8 word by word
כִּ֤י חִלַּ֥צְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֗י מִ֫מָּ֥וֶת אֶת־עֵינִ֥י מִן־דִּמְעָ֑ה אֶת־רַגְלִ֥י מִדֶּֽחִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 116:8
- Psalms 56:13You have rescued me from death. You have kept my feet from stumbling so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.
- Psalms 86:13because your mercy toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of hell.
- Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever. The Almighty Lord will wipe away tears from every face, and he will remove the disgrace of his people from the whole earth. The Lord has spoken.
- Isaiah 38:5“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I’ve heard your prayer. I’ve seen your tears. I’m going to give you 15 more years to live.
- Revelation 7:17The lamb in the center near the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs filled with the water of life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
- Revelation 21:4He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There won’t be any more death. There won’t be any grief, crying, or pain, because the first things have disappeared.”
- Psalms 37:24When he falls, he will not be thrown down headfirst because the Lord holds on to his hand.
- Psalms 94:18When I said, “My feet are slipping,” your mercy, O Lord, continued to hold me up.
- Judges 1:24The spies saw a man coming out of the city. They told him, “Show us how we can get into the city, and we’ll treat you kindly.”
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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