Heb. ruach, the animating principle of life; the energy which comes from God and animates the body. At death the spirit is described as going to God (see Eccl. 12:7; Acts 7:59). However, in this state there is no consciousness (Ps. 146:4).
The words of the psalmist were Jesus’ last words on the cross (see Luke 23:46; cf. Acts 7:59); they are said to have been the last words of Bernard, Huss, Luther, Melanchthon, and many other servants of God. We too, in the hour of extremity, can safely trust our case to God.
Thou hast redeemed.
The witness of the past, the assurance of the present, the pledge of the future.