Psalms 17:5
The pangs of death compassed me, 1 And the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly. 1
Updated 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, 1 And I shall be saved from mine enemies. 1
6The pangs of hell came round about me: 1 The snares of death prevented me. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9Granting his petition to him that prays; 1 And he blesses the years of the righteous, 1 For by strength cannot man prevail. 1
Psalms 121:7Let peace, I pray, be within thy host, 1 And prosperity in thy palaces. 1
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 →