Psalms 116:8
For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
In Context
7Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on thee.
9I walk habitually before Jehovah In the lands of the living.
Cross References
Psalms 37:24When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.
Psalms 56:13For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!
Psalms 94:18If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
Isaiah 38:5Go, and thou hast said to Hezekiah, Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, 'I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I am adding to thy days fifteen years,
Revelation 21:4and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'
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 →