New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 17:5
Psalms 17:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
- New International Version (NIV)My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Uphold my steps in Your paths, That my footsteps may not slip.
Context of Psalms 17:5
3You have put my heart to the test; You have visited me by night; You have sifted me and You find nothing; My intent is that my mouth will not offend. 4As for the works of mankind, by the word of Your lips I have kept from the ways of the violent. My steps have held to Your paths. My feet have not slipped. 6I have called upon You, for You will answer me, God; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech. 7Show Your wonderful faithfulness, Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand From those who rise up against them.
Read all of Psalms 17Psalms 17:5 word by word
תָּמֹ֣ךְ אֲ֭שֻׁרַי בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑יךָ בַּל־נָמ֥וֹטּוּ פְעָמָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 17:5
- Psalms 119:116Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
- Psalms 121:3He will not allow your foot to slip; He who watches over you will not slumber.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He watches over the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a person prevail.
- Jeremiah 10:23I know, Lord, that a person’s way is not in himself, Nor is it in a person who walks to direct his steps.
- Psalms 18:36You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 38:16For I said, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would exalt themselves over me.”
- Psalms 94:18If I should say, “My foot has slipped,” Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me.
Commentaries on Psalms 17:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Hold up my goings in thy paths - David walked in God's ways; but, without Divine assistance, he could not walk steadily, even in them. The words of God's lips had shown him the steps he was to take, and he implores the strength of God's grace to enable him to walk in those steps. He had been kept from the paths of the destroyer; but this was not sufficient; he must walk in God's paths - must spend his life in obedience to the Divine will. Negative…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Hold up my goings in thy paths - He had been enabled before this to keep himself from the ways of the violent by the word of God Psalm 17:4; he felt his dependence on God still to enable him, in the circumstances in which he was placed, and under the provocations to which he was exposed, to live a life of peace, and to keep himself from doing wrong. He, therefore, calls on God, and asks him to sustain him, and to keep him still in the right path. The verb…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The psalmist declares his innocence (Psalm 17:1) and commits himself to integrity by being open to God’s examination.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. May be read as an assertion "my steps or goings have held on to Thy paths."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 17
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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