Psalm 116:8
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For You have rescuedחִלַּ֥צְתָּ
(chil·latz·ta)
2502a: to draw off or out, withdrawa prim. root
my soulנַפְשִׁ֗י
(naf·shi)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
from death,מִ֫מָּ֥וֶת
(mim·ma·vet)
4194: deathfrom muth
My eyesעֵינִ֥י
(ei·ni)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation
from tears,דִּמְעָ֑ה
(dim·'ah;)
1832: tears (of one weeping)from dama
My feetרַגְלִ֥י
(rag·li)
7272: footof uncertain derivation
from stumbling.מִדֶּֽחִי׃
(mid·de·chi.)
1762: a stumblingfrom dachah


















KJV Lexicon
For thou hast delivered
chalats  (khaw-lats')
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
my soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
from death
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
mine eyes
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
from tears
dim`ah  (dim-aw')
weeping -- tears.
and my feet
regel  (reh'-gel)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda -- be able to endure, according as, after, coming, follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), great toe, haunt, journey, leg, piss, possession, time.
from falling
dchiy  (deh-khee')
a push, i.e. (by implication) a fall -- falling.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For You, LORD, rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

International Standard Version
Indeed, you delivered my soul from death, my eyes from crying, and my feet from stumbling.

NET Bible
Yes, LORD, you rescued my life from death, and kept my feet from stumbling.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because you have saved my soul from death and my feet from dislocations.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You saved me from death. You saved my eyes from tears [and] my feet from stumbling.

King James 2000 Bible
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
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