Psalms 66:9
who keeps us in life, and keeps our feet from slipping.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
In Context
8O bless our God, you peoples; sound aloud his praise,
10For you, God, have tested us, have tried us, as silver is tried.
Cross References
Psalms 22:29To him will bow down all who sleep in the earth, and before him bend all who go down to the dust, and those who could not preserve their lives.
Psalms 55:23But you, God, will hurl them down to the deepest pit. Bloody and treacherous people will not live out half their days; but I will trust you.
Psalms 62:6Yes, he is my rock, my help, my retreat, I shall not be shaken too sorely.
Psalms 112:6For they will never be shaken; the just will be forever remembered.
Psalms 125:3For he will not suffer the sceptre of wrong to rest on the land allotted to the righteous; else the righteous might put forth their own hand to evil.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:9-13
The Saints Exhorted to Praise God. 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. In these verses the psalmist calls upon God's… Read the whole commentary →