Psalms 116:7

Rest — Unto a chearful confidence in God.

Related Commentaries of 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 calmn...
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...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rest. Plural for emphasis. For . Because.
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, b...
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 ha...
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 immo...
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...
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...
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 no...
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...
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 Ps...
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...
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 th...
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...
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...
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 enj...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 I love the L ORD , because he hath heard...
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.
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...
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 Go...
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 t...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

I knew a godly woman who, when she was very sick, would always say, «Read me the 116 th Psalm.» It is deservedly a great favourite with many experi...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this Psalm, David tells us his experience with regard to God and with regard to men. Psalms 116:1 . I love the LORD, because he hath heard my v...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We have read this Psalm many times, and have often felt it to be a photograph of our own spiritual experience; but we will, on this occasion, read it...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 116:1 . I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Every answered prayer should make us love the Lord, and esp...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We have read this Psalm many times, let us read it now, not regarding it so much as the language of the psalmist uttered thousands of years ago, as o...
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, o...
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 de...
The Biblical Illustrator

Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. The gate to rest The psalmist exhorts his soul to return unto i...
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 litu...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Return unto thy rest, O my soul, being quiet and satisfied in the relief afforded by the Lord; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee, showi...
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

⁷ Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 116:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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