My eyes are ever on Yahweh, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
Parallel translations
- KJV Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
- BSB My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
- NKJV My eyes are ever toward the Lord, For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.
- NASB My eyes are continually toward the Lord, For He will rescue my feet from the net.
- NLT My eyes are always on the Lord, for he rescues me from the traps of my enemies.
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Cross-references · 7
- Ps 141:8For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
- Ps 124:7–8Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
- Ps 31:4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
- Ps 121:1–2A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
- Ps 123:2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
- Jer 5:26For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
- 2 Tim 2:25–26in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
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