Psalm 116:8-9 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.… Lo, here a deliverance, not from one, but many dangers — "death," "tears, falling." Single deliverances are as threads; but, when multiplied, they become as a cord twisted of many threads, more potent to draw us to God. Any one mercy is as a link, but many favours are as a chain consisting of several links, to bind us the closer to our duty. Frequent droppings of the rain cannot but make an impression even on the stone, and renewed mercies may well prevail with the stony heart. Parisiensis related a story of a man whom (notwithstanding his vicious courses) God was pleased to accumulate favours upon, so that at last he cried out, "Most gracious God, Thy unwearied goodness hath overcome my obstinate wickedness," and from that time devoted himself to God's service. No wonder, then, if David, upon deliverance from such numerous and grievous afflictions, maketh this his resolve, "to walk before the Lord in the land of the living." (N. Hardy.) Parallel Verses 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. |
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