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Psalms 116:7
7Let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord has been good to me.
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
5How kind the Lord is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours! 6The Lord protects those of childlike faith; I was facing death, and he saved me. Let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord has been good to me. 8He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. 9And so I walk in the Lord’s presence as I live here on earth!
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 in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’”
- Jeremiah 6:16This is what the Lord says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’
- Jeremiah 30:10“So do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel,” says the Lord. “For I will bring you home again from distant lands, and your children will return from their exile. Israel will return to a life of peace and quiet, and no one will terrorize them.
- Matthew 11:28Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
- Hebrews 4:8Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come.
- Psalms 13:6I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me.
- Psalms 119:17Be good to your servant, that I may live and obey your word.
- Hosea 2:7When she runs after her lovers, she won’t be able to catch them. She will search for them but not find them. Then she will think, ‘I might as well return to my husband, for I was better off with him 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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