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Hear My Righteous Plea

Psalms 17:5

In 11 translations

BSB
My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
KJV
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.slip…: Heb. be not moved
WEB
My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
ASV
My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
LSV
To uphold my goings in Your paths, || My steps have not slipped.
YLT
To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.
DBY
When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.
DRC16:5
Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.
GNV
Stay my steps in thy paths, that my feete doe not slide.
JPS
My steps have held fast to Thy paths, my feet have not slipped.
LXXE16:5
Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not.

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Original-language editions

WLC
תָּמֹ֣ךְ אֲ֭שֻׁרַי בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑יךָ בַּל־נָמ֥וֹטּוּ פְעָמָֽי׃
LXX-Br16:5
Κατάρτισαι τὰ διαβήματά μου ἐν ταῖς τρίβοις σου, ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῇ τὰ διαβήματά μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 44:18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
  • Psalms 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
  • 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
  • Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
  • Psalms 121:7The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
  • Psalms 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
  • Psalms 121:3He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
  • Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
  • Jeremiah 10:23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
  • Job 23:11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
  • Psalms 119:116–117Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope. Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 16:5 in some Bibles
  • 17:5 in most Bibles

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