Psalms 116:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. ”

Psalms 116:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Return unto thy rest, O my soul - Luther, “Be thou again joyful, O my soul.” The meaning seems to be, “Return to thy former tranquility and calmness; thy former freedom from fear and anxiety.” He...
Psalms 116:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Return unto thy rest, O (d) my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. (d) Which was disturbed before, now rest on the Lord, for he has been beneficial towards you.
Psalms 116:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXVI. A Song of Comfort in Affliction. There is nothing to justify the division into two Pss. ( a ) Psalms 116:1-9 , ( b ) Psalms 116:10-19 (LXX); the same theme in its double aspect is continue...
Psalms 116:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rest. Plural for emphasis. For . Because.
Psalms 116:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7 Return, O my soul! unto thy rest. He now exhorts himself to be of good courage; or rather, addressing his soul, tells it to be tranquil, because God was propitious towards him. By the term...
Psalms 116:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 689 THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE Psalms 116:1-7 . I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call...
Psalms 116:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. Return unto thy rest, O my soul - God is the center to which all immortal spirits tend, and in connection with which al...
Psalms 116:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. Return unto thy rest ( limªnuwchaayªkiy ( H4496 )), O my soul. As the dove, when "she found no rest for t...
Psalms 116:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 115-118 were probably the hymns sung by our Lord and His disciples. Some modern scholars, however, deny this, on the ground that, in Christ's time, the Hallel was only in its beginning, and co...
Psalms 116:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Return... — In a very different spirit from the fool’s address to his soul in the parable. The psalmist’s repose is not the worldling’s serenity nor the sensualist’s security, but the repose of the...
Psalms 116:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 116:1-19 THIS psalm is intensely individual. "I," "me," or "my" occurs in every verse but two ( Psalms 116:5 , Psalms 116:19 ). The singer is but recently delivered from some peril, and hi...
Psalms 116:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

He Delivered My Soul Psalms 116:1-11 Throughout this psalm we meet the pronoun in the first person. Only in two verses, Psalms 116:15 and Psalms 116:19 , does it not so occur. There is no fe...
Psalms 116:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the fourth song of the Hallel. In it the note of triumph over death, with which the last one closed, is elaborated. The singer had evidently been in some grave peril in which he had practical...
Psalms 116:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In every point of view, these are sweet words indeed! Jesus is the rest wherewith he will cause the weary to rest; he is their refreshing; and all the invitations of Jesus are to this effect, that co...
Psalms 116:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Return unto thy rest, O my soul ,.... To a quiet and tranquil state after much distress k; a soliloquy, an address to his own soul to return to God his resting place, as Kimchi; or to Christ, whose...
Psalms 116:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. Ver. 7. Return unto thy rest, O my soul ] The psalmist had been at a great deal of unrest, and much off the hooks, a...
Psalms 116:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Return unto thy rest, O my soul Unto that tranquillity of mind, and cheerful confidence in God's providence and promises, which thou didst once enjoy. Repose thyself in God; seek not for that rest...
Psalms 116:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 I love the L ORD , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he ha...
Psalms 116:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Unto thy rest; unto that tranquillity of mind and cheerful confidence in God's promises and providence which thou didst once enjoy.
Psalms 116:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is an evidence of the truth and depth of the religious life in individuals after the return from the Exile.… It reminds us of earlier Psalms, and especially of the Psalms of...
Psalms 116:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 116:7 The rest of which the text speaks is the rest of a being who has found again his proper and congenial sphere. In reconciliation to God through Jesus Christ the soul regains its lost e...
Psalms 116:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

It begins well. Psalms 116:1 . I love the Lord, Can you say that? «Yea, Lord, thou knowest all things. Thou knowest that I love thee.» «I love the Lord.» Love is said to be blind, but not love t...
Psalms 116:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It is scarcely doubted but David is the author of this psalm, and that he wrote it when in exile from Saul's persecution, or when Absalom rebelled, or on some similar occasion of danger and grief. It...
Psalms 116:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications. Christian experience and its results I. The psalm opens with a general declaration of gratitude to God, as the hearer of pr...
Psalms 116:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A PSALM of thanksgiving on deliverance from an imminent peril, placed in the mouth of an individual, but possibly intended for liturgical use on some occasion of a national delivera...
Psalms 116:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Extreme Perils. The psalmist proclaims the fact that he was saved from great dangers, celebrates his deliverance by giving praise to God alone, and pledges His pu...
Psalms 116:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 4:8-10 ; Hosea 2:7 ; Jeremiah 30:10 ; Jeremiah 6:16 ; Matthew 11:28 ; Matthew 11:29 ; Psalms 119:17 ; Psalms 13:6 ; Psalms 95:11
Psalms 116:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Rest — Unto a chearful confidence in God.

Psalms 116:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 116:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 116:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 116:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 116:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 116:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 116:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 116:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 116:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 116:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 116:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 116:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 116:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 116:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 116:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 116:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 116:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 116:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes