“Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.”
Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. The speaker addresses his own soul, calling for peace ('return to your rest') based on God's generosity ('dealt bountifully'). The self-address suggests integration of emotion after trauma. This verse portrays the internalization of deliverance.
Church Fathers on Psalms 116:7
1. “I have loved, since the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer” Psalm 114:1. Let the soul that is sojourning in absence from the Lord sing thus, let that sheep which had strayed sing thus, let that son who had “died and returned to life,” who had “been lost and was found;” Luke 15:6, 24 let our soul sing thus, brethren, and most beloved sons. Let us be taught, and let us abide, and let us sing thus with the Saints: “I have loved: since the Lord will hear the voice of my…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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