My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
Parallel translations
- WEB My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
- KJV Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
- NKJV Uphold my steps in Your paths, That my footsteps may not slip.
- NASB My steps have held to Your paths. My feet have not slipped.
- NLT My steps have stayed on your path; I have not wavered from following you.
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Quick answer
David's steps have held to God's paths so that his feet have not slipped. It matters because God keeps those who walk faithfully in his ways.
Overview
David declares that his steps have firmly held to God's paths and his feet have not slipped, expressing dependence on God to keep him steady. Faithful walking is itself sustained by God's grace. The believer's perseverance likewise rests on the keeping power of God in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 44:18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
- Ps 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
- 1 Sam 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
- Ps 121:7The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
- Ps 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
- Ps 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- Ps 121:3He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
- Ps 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
- Jer 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.
- Ps 119:116–117Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
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