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Psalms 94:18
18When I thought, "My foot slips," your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
Psalms 94:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
- New International Version (NIV)When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me.
Context of Psalms 94:18
16Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers? 17If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. When I thought, "My foot slips," your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. 19When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. 20Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
Read all of Psalms 94Psalms 94:18 word by word
אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי מָ֣טָה רַגְלִ֑י חַסְדְּךָ֥ יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִסְעָדֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 94:18
- Psalms 17:5My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way;
- Psalms 38:16For I said, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"
- Psalms 119:116Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
- Psalms 121:3He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
- 1 Samuel 2:9"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
- John 12:5"Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?"
- Isaiah 41:10fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Luke 22:32but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."
- 1 Peter 1:5who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Commentaries on Psalms 94:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18When I said, My foot slippeth - When I found myself so weak and my enemy so strong, that I got first off my guard, and then off my center of gravity, and my fall appeared inevitable: - Thy mercy, O Lord, held me up - יסעדני yisadeni, propped me. It is a metaphor taken from any thing falling, that is propped, shored up, or buttressed. How often does the mercy of God thus prevent the ruin of weak believers, and of those who have been unfaithful!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18When I said, My foot slippeth - I can no longer stand. My strength is gone; and I must sink into the grave. The original here is, “If I say, My foot slippeth,” etc. The statement is general; that if at any time he had been, or should be, in such circumstances, then God would interpose. The general remark, however, is founded on his interposition on this particular occasion. His aid was then so marked and timely, that he felt that he could make the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity, which shall not last always. He that sends the trouble, will send the rest. The psalmist found succour and relief only in the Lord, when all earthly friends failed. We are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19The psalmist feels like he is slipping, but God promises to stand with him (Psalm 94:12–13; see 15:5; 93:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1917-19. a fact fully confirmed by his past experience. dwelt in silence--as in the grave (Psa 31:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 94
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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