Psalms 116:8
For thou have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
In Context
7Return to thy rest, O my soul, for LORD has dealt bountifully with thee.
9I will walk before LORD in the land of the living.
Cross References
Psalms 37:24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for LORD upholds him with his hand.
Psalms 56:13For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O LORD, held me up.
Isaiah 38:5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says LORD, the God of David thy father. I have heard thy prayer. I have seen thy tears. Behold, I will add to thy days fifteen years.
Revelation 21:4And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there will not be any more death, nor grief, nor crying, nor will there be any more anguish, because the former things are gone.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 116:2-10
Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 I love the Lord , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. 4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; O Lord , I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is the Lord , and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped… Read the whole commentary →