Psalms 116:8
Because thou hast deliuered my soule from death, mine eyes from teares, and my feete from falling.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
In Context
7Returne vnto thy rest, O my soule: for the Lord hath bene beneficiall vnto thee,
9I shall walke before the Lord in the lande of the liuing.
Cross References
Psalms 37:24Though he fall, hee shall not be cast off: for the Lord putteth vnder his hand.
Psalms 56:13For thou hast deliuered my soule from death, and also my feete from falling, that I may walke before God in the light of the liuing.
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
Isaiah 38:5Goe, and say vnto Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I will adde vnto thy dayes fifteene yeeres.
Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes: and there shalbe no more death, neither sorow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more paine: for the first things are passed.
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 →