New English Translation
Psalms 116:7
7Rest once more, my soul, for the Lord has vindicated you.
Psalms 116:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Return to your rest, O my soul, For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
Context of Psalms 116:7
5The Lord is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate. 6The Lord protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me. Rest once more, my soul, for the Lord has vindicated you. 8Yes, Lord, you rescued my life from death, and kept my feet from stumbling. 9I will serve the Lord in the land of the living.
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:7 word by word
שׁוּבִ֣י נַ֭פְשִׁי לִמְנוּחָ֑יְכִי כִּֽי־יְ֝הוָ֗ה גָּמַ֥ל עָלָֽיְכִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 116:7
- Psalms 95:11So I made a vow in my anger, ‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”
- Jeremiah 6:16The Lord said to his people: “You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said, “We will not follow it!”
- Jeremiah 30:10So I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servants. Do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from a faraway land where you are captives. The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them.
- Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Hebrews 4:8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day.
- Psalms 13:6I will sing praises to the Lord when he vindicates me.
- Psalms 119:17Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions.
- Hosea 2:7Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say, “I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now.”
Commentaries on Psalms 116:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Return unto thy rest, O my soul - God is the center to which all immortal spirits tend, and in connection with which alone they can find rest. Every thing separated from its center is in a state of violence; and, if intelligent, cannot be happy. All human souls, while separated from God by sin, are in a state of violence, agitation, and misery. From God all spirits come; to him all must return, in order to be finally happy. This is true in the general…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Return unto thy rest, O my soul - Luther, “Be thou again joyful, O my soul.” The meaning seems to be, “Return to thy former tranquility and calmness; thy former freedom from fear and anxiety.” He had passed through a season of great danger. His soul had been agitated and terrified. That danger was now over, and he calls upon his soul to resume its former tranquility, calmness, peace, and freedom from alarm. The word does not refer to God considered as the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7The gracious, righteous, and compassionate Lord (see Psalm 111:1–5) rescued and gave rest to the psalmist.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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