Psalms 116:9

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

⁸ For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

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

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

¹¹ I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
KJV: I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
WEB: I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
ASV: I will walk before Jehovah In the land of the living.
DARBY: I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living.
BLB: I will walk before the face of YHWH in the land of the living.

ÅB: Jeg skal vandre for Herrens åsyn i de levendes land.
OTB: Jeg vil vandre for Herrens åsyn
I de levendes land.
B1930: Jeg skal vandre for Herrens åsyn i de levendes land.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 27:13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
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Luke 1:75
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
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Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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1 Kings 2:4
That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
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1 Kings 8:25
Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
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1 Kings 9:4
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
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Isaiah 53:8
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
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Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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