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Psalms 66:9

Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

KJV

Who holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be moved.

ASV

הַ/שָּׂ֣ם נַ֭פְשֵׁ/נוּ בַּֽ/חַיִּ֑ים וְ/לֹֽא נָתַ֖ן לַ/מּ֣וֹט רַגְלֵֽ/נוּ

Hebrew

Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.

YLT

who preserves our life amongst the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 247×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 752×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מּֽוֹט
mvt
verb · 6×

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.
  • 1Sam 25:29 — Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as
  • 1Sam 25:29 — Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as
  • Acts 17:28 — For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  • Acts 17:28 — For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  • Col 3:3 — For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
  • Deut 30:20 — That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land wh
  • Prov 2:8 — He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
  • Ps 3:5 — I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
  • Ps 22:29 — All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
  • Ps 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
  • Ps 62:2 — He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
  • Ps 62:6 — He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
  • Ps 94:18 — When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
  • Ps 112:6 — Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
  • Ps 121:3 — He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
  • Ps 121:3 — He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
  • Ps 125:3 — For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.