Psalms 116:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, [And] my feet from falling.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י חִלַּ֥צְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֗י מִ֫מָּ֥וֶת אֶת־עֵינִ֥י מִן־דִּמְעָ֑ה אֶת־רַגְלִ֥י מִדֶּֽחִי׃

Transliteration

For ḥillaṣtā napšî from māvet ʾet-ʿênî from dimʿâ ʾet-raglî from deḥî

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ḥillaṣtā*: verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have delivered
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*mi-māvet*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from death
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʿênî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my eye
*min-dimʿâ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - from tear/weeping
*raglî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my foot
*mi-deḥî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from stumbling

Word Meanings

*ḥillaṣtā*: you delivered/you rescued/you saved
*napšî*: my soul/my life/myself
*ʿênî*: my eye/my sight
*dimʿâ*: tear/tears/weeping
*raglî*: my foot/my feet
*deḥî*: stumbling/falling/slipping

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
Rev 21:4 : 4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, {G2071} nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
Ps 86:13 : 13 For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
Isa 25:8 : 8 He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.
Isa 38:5 : 5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Rev 7:17 : 17 for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.
Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {H5542}
Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
Judg 1:24 : 24 And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

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