Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Parallel translations
- KJV Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
- BSB Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- NKJV Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- NASB May the foot of pride not come upon me, And may the hand of the wicked not drive me away.
- NLT Don’t let the proud trample me or the wicked push me around.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 16:8I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- Isa 51:23and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”
- Job 40:11–12Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
- Ps 12:3–5May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
- Ps 123:3–4Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
- Ps 119:122Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
- Ps 119:85The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
- Ps 17:8–14Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
- Ps 10:2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
- Ps 119:51The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
- Ps 119:69The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
- Ps 21:7–8For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.
- Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Ps 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
- Ps 125:1–3A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
- Rom 8:35–39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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