Psalms 116:7

“Return unto thy rest, O my soul, etc.] To a quiet and tranquil state after much distress f1613; a soliloquy, an address to his own soul to return to God his resting place, as Kimchi; or to Christ, whose rest is glorious, and which lies in a cessation from a man’s own works; not from doing them, but from depending on them, or from labouring for life by them; in a deliverance from the bondage of the law, its curse and condemnation, and from the dominion and tyranny of sin, and from the distressing guilt of it on the conscience; in spiritual peace and joy, arising from the application of the blood of Christ, and from a view of his righteousness and justification by it, and of his sacrifice, and…”

“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 had passed through a season of great danger. His soul had been agitated and terrified. That danger was now over, and he calls upon his soul to resume its former tranquility, calmness, peace, and freedom from alarm. The word does not refer to God considered as the “rest” of the soul, but to what the mind of the psalmist had been, and might now be again. For the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee - See the notes at Psalms 13:6. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Rest - Unto a chearful confidence in God. Next: Psalms Chapter 118”

“thy rest: Psa 95:11; Jer 6:16, Jer 30:10; Mat 11:28, Mat 11:29; Heb 4:8-10 dealt: Psa 13:6, Psa 119:17; Hos 2:7 Psalms 116:8”