Psalms 116:7

THANKFUL FOR REST; HE PLEDGES TO WALK WITH GOD

"Return unto thy rest, O my soul;

For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death,

Mine eyes from tears,

And my feet from falling.

I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living."

These lines concern the thoughts and feelings of the psalmist following his deliverance from death through God's merciful answer of his prayers.

"Return unto thy rest" (Psalms 116:7). Gone is the burning anxiety, gone is the distressing fear, gone are the tears and the pains of agony. A great restfulness has healed all of his troubles; and he recognizes the source of it all in the words of the second clause, "Jehovah had dealt bountifully" with him.

"I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living" (Psalms 116:9). This is a pledge to walk "uprightly" before God out of gratitude for his gracious healing and deliverance from death. This being appropriate indeed for such a deliverance, how much more is it true of one who has been redeemed from "eternal death" in the forgiveness of his sins through Jesus Christ our Lord! There is not a Christian on earth who should fail to make this pledge his very own.