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Psalm 116:8

For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

6The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
7Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”
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The movement from death to tears to falling makes deliverance personal, tracing God's help through a life that had been brought low.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 56:13For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.Both speakers thank God for delivering them from death and keeping their feet from falling.
Revelation 21:4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have …Both connect God's help with freedom from death and tears; the psalm recounts rescue, while Revelation declares that death will end.
Psalm 86:13For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.Both speakers address God with thanks for deliverance, naming death or the depths of Sheol as the danger escaped.
Revelation 7:17for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their …Both passages name eyes freed from tears through God's care, with Revelation describing God wiping away every tear.
Psalm 73:2But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.Both describe feet in danger of losing their footing; Psalm 116 thanks God for keeping the speaker from falling.
Isaiah 25:8He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, …Both name death and tears as troubles God overcomes; Isaiah speaks of death swallowed up forever and tears wiped from all faces.
Psalm 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.Both connect tears with God's response: one thanks him for deliverance, and the other declares that he has heard weeping.
Isaiah 38:5“Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘The LORD, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to …Both connect tears and the preservation of life with God's care; Hezekiah receives a promise of added years.
Judges 1:24The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”The connection is slight: Psalm 116 thanks God for rescue, while Judges records scouts offering kindness in exchange for help.
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You do not have to erase how low you were brought to give thanks. The psalm names death and tears even as it credits God with deliverance.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).