Psalms 116:7-11

116:7 Rest once more, my soul, ¹ 

for the Lord has vindicated you. ² 

116:8 Yes, ³  Lord, ⁴  you rescued my life from death,

and kept my feet from stumbling.

116:9 I will serve ⁵  the Lord

in the land ⁶  of the living.

116:10 I had faith when I said,

“I am severely oppressed.”

116:11 I rashly declared, ⁷ 

“All men are liars.”

[116:7]  ¹ tn Heb “return, my soul, to your place of rest.”

[116:7]  ² tn The Hebrew idiom גָּמַל עַל (gamal ’al) means “to repay,” here in a positive sense (cf. Ps 13:5).

[116:8]  ³ tn Or “for.”

[116:8]  ⁴ tn “Lord” is supplied here in the translation for clarification.

[116:9]  ⁵ 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.

[116:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “lands, regions.”

[116:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “I said in my haste.”