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

Psalms 116:8

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

In this part of the psalm we have, I. A general account of David’s experience, and his pious resolutions ( Ps. 116:1 , 2 ), which are as the contents of the whole psalm, and give an idea of it. 1. He had experienced God’s goodness to him in answer to prayer: He has heard my voice and my supplications . David, in straits, had humbly and earnestly begged mercy of God, and God had heard him, that is,…

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