Psalms 66:9
who holds our soul in life, and does not allow our feet to be moved.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
In Context
8O bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard,
10For thou, O God, have proved us. Thou have tried us as silver is tried.
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 22:29All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
Psalms 62:6He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower. I shall not be moved.
Psalms 112:6for he shall never be moved. A righteous man shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
Psalms 125:3For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous, that the righteous not put forth their hands to iniquity.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:9-13
The Saints Exhorted to Praise God. 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. In these verses the psalmist calls upon God's… Read the whole commentary →