Psalms 17:5
My steps have held fast to thy paths. My feet have not slipped.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
In Context
4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the ways of a violent man.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail.
Psalms 18:36Thou have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
Psalms 38:16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me. When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot slips, thy loving kindness, O LORD, held me up.
Psalms 119:133Establish my footsteps in thy word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalms 121:7LORD will keep thee from all evil. He will keep thy soul.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 17:2-8
Sincere and Importunate Prayer. 1 Hear the right, O Lord , attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings… Read the whole commentary →