Psalms 17:5

What does Psalms 17:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 17:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

Context

v.4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

v.5This passage

v.6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 121:3

    He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

  • Psalms 18:36

    Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

  • Psalms 38:16

    For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  • Jeremiah 10:23

    O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

  • Psalms 94:18

    When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

  • Psalms 121:7

    Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.

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