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Psalms 116:8

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For thou hast delivered my soul from death,.... From a corporeal death, when his life was in danger, surrounded by Saul's army, in the hand of the Philistines at Gath, and when his son rebelled…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For thou hast delivered my soul from death - My life. Thou hast saved me from death. This is such language as would be used by one who had been dangerously ill, and who had been restored again to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 116:1-9

In this part of the psalm we have,

I. A general account of David's experience, and his pious resolutions (Psa 116:1, Psa 116:2), which are as the contents of the whole psalm, and give an idea of it.…