Psalms 116:8

116:7 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.

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For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

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

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

What does Psalms 116:8 mean?

Psalms 116:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָלַץ (châlats), נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh), מָוֶת (mâveth).

Hebrew interlinear

For

thou

hast

deliveredחָלַץchâlats/khaw-lats'/H2502to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen

soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

from

death,מָוֶתmâveth/maw'-veth/H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

mine

eyesעַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

from

tears,דִּמְעָהdimʻâh/dim-aw'/H1832weeping

and

feetרֶגֶלregel/reh'-gel/H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

from

falling.דְּחִיdᵉchîy/deh-khee'/H1762a push, i.e. (by implication) a fall

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 116:8.

Genesis 19:19

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

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What does Psalms 116:8 say?

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

Is Psalms 116:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 116:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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