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Psalms 17:5

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

KJV

Circumdederunt me dolores mortis, et torrentes iniquitatis conturbaverunt me.

Vulgate

περιέσχον με ὠδῖνες θανάτου, καὶ χείμαρροι ἀνομίας ἐξετάραξάν με·

LXX

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

ASV

תָּמֹ֣ךְ אֲ֭שֻׁרַ/י בְּ/מַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑י/ךָ בַּל נָמ֥וֹטּוּ פְעָמָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּל
bl
particle · 72×
י
y
pronoun · 9×
יִמּֽוֹט
ymvt
verb · 39×
מַּעְגָּ֔ל
m'gl
noun · 16×
פַּ֣עַם
p'm
noun · 117×
תוֹמֵ֥ךְ
tvmk
verb · 21×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
  • 2Sam 22:37 — Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
  • Jer 10:23 — O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
  • Jer 10:23 — O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
  • Job 12:5 — He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
  • Job 23:11 — My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
  • Job 23:11 — My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
  • Luke 22:40 — And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
  • Ps 16:1 — Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
  • Ps 18:36 — Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
  • Ps 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
  • Ps 37:31 — The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
  • Ps 38:16 — For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
  • Ps 40:2 — He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
  • Ps 44:18 — Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
  • Ps 51:12 — Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
  • Ps 56:13 — For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
  • Ps 73:2 — But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
  • Ps 94:18 — When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
  • Ps 94:18 — When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
  • Ps 119:116 — Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
  • Ps 119:117 — Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
  • Ps 119:133 — Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
  • Ps 119:133 — Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
  • Ps 121:3 — He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
  • Ps 121:7 — The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
  • Ps 140:4 — Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
  • Rom 14:4 — Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.