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Psalm 116:7-9
New English Translation

7 Rest once more, my soul,[a]
for the Lord has vindicated you.[b]
8 Yes,[c] Lord,[d] you rescued my life from death,
kept my eyes from tears
and my feet from stumbling.
9 I will serve[e] the Lord
in the land[f] of the living.

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  1. Psalm 116:7 tn Heb “return, my soul, to your place of rest.”
  2. Psalm 116:7 tn The Hebrew idiom גָּמַל עַל (gamal ʿal) means “to repay,” here in a positive sense (cf. Ps 13:5).
  3. Psalm 116:8 tn Or “for.”
  4. Psalm 116:8 tn “Lord” is supplied here in the translation for clarification.
  5. Psalm 116:9 tn Heb “walk before” (see Ps 56:13). On the meaning of the Hebrew idiom, see the notes at 2 Kgs 20:3/Isa 38:3.
  6. Psalm 116:9 tn Heb “lands, regions.”
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Psalm 116:7-9
New International Version

7 Return to your rest,(A) my soul,
    for the Lord has been good(B) to you.

8 For you, Lord, have delivered me(C) from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling,
9 that I may walk before the Lord(D)
    in the land of the living.(E)

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