Psalms 116:8
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
Leeser Tanakh
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, O my soul, unto thy rest; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
9I will walk before the Lord in the land of life.
Cross References
Psalms 37:24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholdeth his hand.
Psalms 56:13(56:14) For thou hast delivered my soul from death—yea, behold, my feet from slipping, that I may walk before God in the light of the life.
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
Isaiah 38:5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus hath said the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
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 →