Psalms 17:5
The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
In Context
4I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.
6The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9granting his petition to him that prays; and he blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength cannot man prevail.
Psalms 121:7Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.
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 →