Psalms 116:7
5 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
6 The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
8 For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
- KJV
- Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
- WEB
- Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
- ASV
- Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.
- DARBY
- Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.
- BLB
- Return my soul, to your rest, for YHWH has dealt kindly with you.
- ÅB
- Kom igjen, min sjel, til din ro! For Herren har gjort vel imot deg.
- OTB
- Vend tilbake til din fred, min sjel,
For Herren har vært generøs mot deg. - B1930
- Kom igjen, min sjel, til din ro! For Herren har gjort vel imot dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 13:6
I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
Read in contextMatthew 11:28–29
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Read in contextJeremiah 30:10
As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
Read in contextPsalms 119:17
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:16
This 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!’
Read in contextPsalms 95:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
Read in contextHebrews 4:8–10
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
Read in contextHosea 2:7
She 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.’
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