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Psalms 116:8

SalvationGriefDeath and lossProtection and safety

6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

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BSB
For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
KJV
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
WEB
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
ASV
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, [And] my feet from falling.
DARBY
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
BLB
For you were rescued from death, O my soul, my eye from tears, my feet from stumbling.
ÅB
For du fridde min sjel fra døden, mitt øye fra gråt, min fot fra fall.
OTB
For du har reddet min sjel fra døden,
Mine øyne fra gråt,
Mine føtter fra å vakle.
B1930
For du fridde min sjel fra døden, mitt øie fra gråt, min fot fra fall.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 56:13

    For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

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  • Revelation 21:4

    And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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  • Revelation 7:17

    For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

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  • Psalms 86:13

    For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

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  • Isaiah 25:8

    He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

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  • Psalms 37:24

    Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

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  • Psalms 94:18

    When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

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  • Isaiah 38:5

    Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith 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.

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