Psalms 17:5

The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

In Context

4The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly. 1

6And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, even into his ears. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:9granting his petition to him that prays; and he blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength can’t man prevail.

Psalms 121:7Let peace, I pray, be within your host, and prosperity in your 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 →

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