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Psalms 66:9
9Keeping our soul in life, He has not let our foot 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 might forever. His eyes keep watch on the nations. Let no rebels exalt themselves. Selah 8Bless our God, O peoples! Let the sound of His praise be heard. Keeping our soul in life, He has not let our foot slip. 10For You have tested us, O God— You have purified us, as silver is refined. 11You brought us into a net. You laid a burden on our backs.
Read all of Psalms 66Psalms 66:9 word by word
הַשָּׂ֣ם נַ֭פְשֵׁנוּ בַּֽחַיִּ֑ים וְלֹֽא־נָתַ֖ן לַמּ֣וֹט רַגְלֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 66:9
- Psalms 22:29For the kingdom belongs to Adonai, and He rules over the nations.
- 1 Samuel 25:29If anyone rises to pursue you and seek your life, then let my lord’s life be bound up in the bundle of the living—with Adonai your God. But let the soul of your enemies be hurled away as from the hollow of a sling.
- Acts 17:28for ‘In Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His offspring.’
- Colossians 3:3For you have died, and your life is hidden with Messiah in God.
- Psalms 37:23From Adonai a man’s steps are made firm, when He delights in his way.
- Psalms 62:2My soul, wait in stillness, only for God— from Him comes my salvation.
- Psalms 94:18If I say: “My foot has slipped,” Your mercy, Adonai, will hold me up.
- Psalms 112:6Surely he will never be shaken. The righteous are remembered forever.
- Psalms 121:3He will not let your foot slip. Your Keeper will not slumber.
- Psalms 125:3For a scepter of wickedness will not rest over the land of the righteous— lest the righteous set their hands to evil.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His godly ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For one does not prevail by might.
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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