Psalms 116:7
Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
In Context
6The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
8For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
Cross References
Psalms 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
Hosea 2:7She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
Hebrews 4:8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
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 →