Psalms 116 · Verse 8

Psalms 116:8

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Psalms 116:8, King James Version

Psalms 116:8 in other translations

BSBFor You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
WEBFor you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
ASVFor thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.
YLTFor Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.
DARBYFor thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
BBEYou have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.
WebsterFor thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

What does Psalms 116:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 116:5-8

5-8. The relief which he asked is the result not of his merit, but of God's known pity and tenderness, which is acknowledged in assuring himself (his "soul," Psa 11:1; 16:10) of rest and peace. All calamities [Psa 116:8] are represented by death, tears, and falling of the feet (Psa 56:13).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Thou hast delivered my soul from death - Thou hast rescued my life from the destruction to which it was exposed. Mine eyes from tears - Thou hast turned my sorrow into joy. My feet from falling - Thou hast taken me out of the land of snares and pitfalls, and brought me into a plain path. How very near does our ancient mother tongue come to this: For thou he nerode sawle mine of deathe, eapan mine of tearum; fet mine of slide. And this language is but a little improved in the old Psalter: - For he toke my saule fra dede; my eghen fra teres; my fete fra slippyng.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 116:1-9

We have many reasons for loving the Lord, but are most affected by his loving-kindness when relieved out of deep distress. When a poor sinner is awakened to a sense of his state, and fears that he must soon sink under the just wrath of God, then he finds trouble and sorrow. But let all such call upon the Lord to deliver their souls, and they will find him gracious and true to his promise. Neither ignorance nor guilt…

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Psalms 116:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
חִלַּ֥צְתָּchi.Latz.tayou have rescuedH2502
נַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.Shilife myH5315
מִ֫מָּ֥וֶתmi.Ma.vetfrom deathH4194
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֵינִ֥י'ei.Nieye myH5869
מִן\־min-fromH4480
דִּמְעָ֑הdim.'Ahtear[s]H1832
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
רַגְלִ֥יrag.Lifoot myH7272
מִדֶּֽחִי\׃mi.De.chifrom stumblingH1762

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 116:8

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 86:13

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

  • 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.

  • Psalms 37:24

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

  • Psalms 94:18

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

  • 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.

  • Psalms 49:15

    But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

  • Judges 1:24

    And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For thou.
56:13; 86:13
mine.
Isa 25:8; 38:5; Re 7:17; 21:4
and my feet.
37:24; 94:18; Jud 1:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 116:7

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

  • Psalms 116:8

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

  • Psalms 116:9

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

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Psalms 116:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues tú has librado mi alma de la muerte, mis ojos de lágrimas, y mis pies de desbarrar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car tu as délivré mon âme de la mort, mes yeux de larmes, mes pieds de chute:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn du hast meine Seele errettet vom Tode, meine Augen von Tränen, meinen Fuß vom Sturz.