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Psalms 116:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 116:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 116:811 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
חִלַּ֥צְתָּḥilaṣətā
you have rescuedverbH2502
(go · ready) armed ( man · soldier) · deliver ···
נַפְשִׁ֗/יnapəšiy
life mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
מִ֫/מָּ֥וֶתmimāwet
from deathpronH4194
death · die
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֵינִ֥/יʿēyniy
eye mynounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
דִּמְעָ֑הdiməʿāh
tearsnounH1832
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
רַגְלִ֥/יragəliy
foot mynounH7272
be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···
מִ/דֶּֽחִיmideḥiy
from stumblingpronH1762
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 116:8

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 116 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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