Psalms 17:5
My steps have held fast to Thy paths, my feet have not slipped.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
In Context
4As for the doings of men, by the word of Thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
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 not by strength shall man prevail.
Psalms 18:36(18-37) Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
Psalms 38:16(38-17) For I said: 'Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.'
Psalms 94:18If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.
Psalms 119:133Order my footsteps by Thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalms 121:7The LORD shall keep thee from all evil; He shall 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 →