Psalms
Psalm 116:8–9
8For You have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9I will walk before the LORD
in the land of the living.
Word by word
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Psalm 116:8
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| You have delivered | חִלַּ֥צְתָּ | ḥil·laṣ·tā | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2502 draw off or out, withdraw |
| my soul | נַפְשִׁ֗י | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| from | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| death | מִ֫מָּ֥וֶת | mim·mā·weṯ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H4194 death |
| my eyes | עֵינִ֥י | ‘ê·nî | Noun - common singular construct; first person common singular | H5869 eye |
| from tears | דִּמְעָ֑ה | dim·‘āh | Noun - feminine singular | H1832 tears |
| my feet | רַגְלִ֥י | raḡ·lî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H7272 foot |
| from stumbling | מִדֶּֽחִי׃ | mid·de·ḥî | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H1762 stumbling |
Psalm 116:9
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will walk | אֶ֭תְהַלֵּךְ | ’eṯ·hal·lêḵ | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| before | לִפְנֵ֣י | lip̄·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| in the land | בְּ֝אַרְצ֗וֹת | bə·’ar·ṣō·wṯ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct | H776 earth, land |
| of the living | הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ | ha·ḥay·yîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2416 alive, living |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 116:8 Psalm 56:13 · Revelation 21:4 · Psalm 86:13 · Revelation 7:17 · Isaiah 25:8 · Psalm 37:24 · Isaiah 38:5 · Psalm 49:15 · Psalm 94:18 · Judges 1:24
Psalm 116:9 Psalm 27:13 · Luke 1:75 · Genesis 17:1 · 1 Kings 9:4 · 1 Kings 8:25 · 1 Kings 2:4 · Isaiah 53:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.