Psalms 17:5
My steps held firmly to thy tracks, [and] my footsteps did not slip.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
In Context
4Among the deeds of men did I observe, by the word of thy lips, the paths of the dissolute.
6I call on thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: incline thy ear unto me, hear my speech.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He ever guardeth the feet of his pious ones, and the wicked shall be made silent in darkness; for not by strength can man prevail.
Psalms 18:36(18:37) Thou enlargest my steps under me, so that my joints do not slip.
Psalms 38:16(38:17) For I said, Perhaps they might rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they might magnify themselves over me.
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me.
Psalms 119:133My steps establish thou through thy promise, and suffer not any wrong to have dominion over me.
Psalms 121:7The Lord will guard thee against all evil: he will guard 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 →