For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
Parallel translations
- WEB For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
- KJV For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
- NKJV For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.
- NASB For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from stumbling.
- NLT He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
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Quick answer
God delivered his soul from death, his eyes from tears, and his feet from falling. It matters because God's salvation is comprehensive, touching life, sorrow, and stability.
Overview
The psalmist itemizes a full deliverance: from death itself, from grief, and from stumbling. God's rescue addresses the whole person. This wholeness points to the salvation accomplished in Christ, who will finally wipe away every tear and keep his people from falling (Rev. 21:4; Jude 24).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- Rev 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- Rev 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- Ps 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
- Isa 25:8He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Ps 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
- Ps 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
- Ps 49:15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
- Isa 38:5“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
- Judg 1:24and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”
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