Psalms 17:5
The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity dismayed me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
In Context
4Praising, I will call upon the Lord. And I will be saved from my enemies.
6The sorrows of Hell encompassed me, and the snares of death intercepted me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.
Psalms 121:7Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers.
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 →