Psalm 116:8
New International Version
For you, LORD, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling,

New Living Translation
He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

English Standard Version
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;

Berean Standard Bible
For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

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

New King James Version
For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.

New American Standard Bible
For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from stumbling.

NASB 1995
For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling.

NASB 1977
For Thou hast rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling.

Legacy Standard Bible
For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling.

Amplified Bible
For You have rescued my life from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from stumbling and falling.

Christian Standard Bible
For you, LORD, rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For You, LORD, rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

American Standard Version
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.

Contemporary English Version
You, LORD, have saved my life from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You saved me from death. You saved my eyes from tears [and] my feet from stumbling.

Good News Translation
The LORD saved me from death; he stopped my tears and kept me from defeat.

International Standard Version
Indeed, you delivered my soul from death, my eyes from crying, and my feet from stumbling.

Majority Standard Bible
For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

NET Bible
Yes, LORD, you rescued my life from death, and kept my feet from stumbling.

New Heart English Bible
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

World English Bible
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For You have delivered my soul from death, "" My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.

Young's Literal Translation
For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.

Smith's Literal Translation
For thou deliveredst my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my feet from a fall.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For he has rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from slipping.

New American Bible
For my soul has been freed from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

New Revised Standard Version
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For he has delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because you have saved my soul from death and my feet from dislocations.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, And my feet from stumbling.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The LORD Has Heard My Voice
7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. 8For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. 9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.…

Cross References
2 Corinthians 1:10
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

Psalm 56:13
For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Psalm 34:17-19
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles. / The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit. / Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

Psalm 118:5
In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

Isaiah 38:17
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Psalm 86:13
For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

Psalm 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

Psalm 40:1-3
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. / He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. / He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

Psalm 30:3
O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.

Psalm 71:20
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

Psalm 103:4
who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,

Psalm 49:15
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

Psalm 31:7-8
I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul. / You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

Psalm 91:3
Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.

Psalm 142:7
Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.


Treasury of Scripture

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

for thou

Psalm 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?

Psalm 86:13
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

mine

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.

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.

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.

and my feet

Psalm 37:24
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

Psalm 94:18
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

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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1. The psalmist professes his love and duty to God for his deliverance
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For You have delivered
The phrase "For You have delivered" is a declaration of divine intervention and salvation. The Hebrew root for "delivered" is "נָצַל" (natsal), which conveys the idea of being snatched away or rescued from danger. This word is often used in the Old Testament to describe God's saving acts, emphasizing His power and willingness to intervene in the lives of His people. Historically, this reflects the numerous instances where God delivered Israel from physical and spiritual threats, reinforcing the belief in His protective nature.

my soul from death
The term "my soul" in Hebrew is "נֶפֶשׁ" (nephesh), which can mean life, self, or person. It signifies the entirety of one's being. "From death" indicates a rescue from the ultimate peril. In the ancient Near Eastern context, death was not only a physical end but also a separation from the community and, symbolically, from God. This phrase underscores the psalmist's gratitude for being spared from such a fate, highlighting God's role as the preserver of life and the one who has power over death itself.

my eyes from tears
"Tears" in this context symbolize sorrow, grief, and distress. The Hebrew word "דִּמְעָה" (dim'ah) is often associated with deep emotional pain. The deliverance of "my eyes from tears" suggests a transformation from a state of mourning to one of joy and relief. This reflects the biblical theme of God as a comforter who wipes away tears, as seen in other scriptures like Isaiah 25:8 and Revelation 21:4, where God promises to remove sorrow and bring about restoration and peace.

my feet from stumbling
The imagery of "my feet from stumbling" conveys protection from falling into sin or misfortune. The Hebrew word "מוֹט" (mot) means to slip or totter, often used metaphorically for moral or spiritual failure. In the biblical narrative, walking a straight path is synonymous with living righteously. This phrase reassures believers of God's guidance and support, preventing them from falling away from His ways. It echoes the assurance found in Psalm 37:23-24, where God upholds those who delight in Him, ensuring their steps are firm.

(8) Falling.--Or, stumbling. (See Psalm 56:13, the original of this passage.)

Verse 8. - For thou hast delivered my soul from death. This verse is exegetical of the last clause of ver. 4. The expressions are taken from Psalm 56:13, and suit a personal better than a national deliverance. Mine eyes from tears. Hezekiah, when told that his death was approaching, had "wept sore" (Isaiah 38:3). And my feet from falling; literally, and my foot from slipping When man is greatly tried, there is always danger lest his foot should slip. Whether the trial befall an individual or a nation, there is the same temptation to rebel and murmur.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

You have delivered
חִלַּ֥צְתָּ (ḥil·laṣ·tā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2502: To pull off, to strip, to depart, to deliver, equip, present, strengthen

my soul
נַפְשִׁ֗י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

death,
מִ֫מָּ֥וֶת (mim·mā·weṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

my eyes
עֵינִ֥י (‘ê·nî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

from tears,
דִּמְעָ֑ה (dim·‘āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1832: Tears (of one weeping)

my feet
רַגְלִ֥י (raḡ·lî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

from stumbling.
מִדֶּֽחִי׃ (mid·de·ḥî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1762: A push, a fall


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