Psalms 17:5
Hold up my activities in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
In Context
6I have called upon you, for you will hear me, O God: incline yours ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Psalms 18:36You have enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
Psalms 38:16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Psalms 119:133Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalms 121:7The LORD shall preserve you from all evil: he shall preserve your 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 →