New English Translation
Psalms 66:9
9He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip.
Psalms 66:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
- New International Version (NIV)he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.
- English Standard Version (ESV)who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who keeps our soul among the living, And does not allow our feet to be moved.
Context of Psalms 66:9
7He rules by his power forever; he watches the nations. Stubborn rebels should not exalt themselves. (Selah) 8Praise our God, you nations! Loudly proclaim his praise! He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip. 10For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver. 11You led us into a trap; you caused us to suffer.
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הַשָּׂ֣ם נַ֭פְשֵׁנוּ בַּֽחַיִּ֑ים וְלֹֽא־נָתַ֖ן לַמּ֣וֹט רַגְלֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 66:9
- Psalms 22:29All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives.
- 1 Samuel 25:29When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!
- Acts 17:28For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’
- Colossians 3:3for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
- Psalms 37:23The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.
- Psalms 62:2He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.
- Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.
- Psalms 112:6For he will never be upended; others will always remember one who is just.
- Psalms 121:3May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep!
- Psalms 125:3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
Commentaries on Psalms 66:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Which holdeth our soul in life - Literally, "he who placeth our soul בחיים bachaiyim, in lives." We are preserved alive, have health of body, and feel the life of God in our hearts. And suffereth not her feet to be moved - Keeps us steadfast in his testimonies. We have our life, our liberty, and our religion. O, what hath the Lord wrought for us! "Make, therefore, the voice of his praise to be heard." Let God and man know you are thankful.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Which holdeth our soul in life - Margin, as in Hebrew, putteth. That is, He has put (or placed) us in a state of safety. The word rendered “in life” means literally “among the living.” The word soul here is equivalent to us - ourselves; and the idea is, that he keeps us among the living. What is here said of this special deliverance is true of all people at all times, that they owe the fact that they are among the living to the care of God; or, it is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 The Lord not only preserves our temporal life, but maintains the spiritual life which he has given to believers. By afflictions we are proved, as silver in the fire. The troubles of the church will certainly end well. Through various conflicts and troubles, the slave of Satan escapes from his yoke, and obtains joy and peace in believing: through much tribulation the believer must enter into the kingdom of God.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9God guides his people into wisdom and away from foolishness (Psalms 17:5; 37:31; 121:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. Here is, perhaps, cited a case of recent deliverance.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 66
- 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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