But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
Parallel translations
- KJV But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
- BSB But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
- ESV But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped.
- NKJV But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped.
- NASB But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped.
- NLT But as for me, I almost lost my footing. My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone.
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Quick answer
Asaph confesses that his feet nearly slipped and his steps almost gave way as his faith was shaken.
Overview
He honestly admits how close he came to spiritual collapse. The image of slipping feet shows that even the godly can be brought to the brink of doubt. His candor reassures struggling believers that wrestling with hard questions need not end in falling, for God upholds his own (Jude 24).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 94:18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.
- 1 Sam 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
- Ps 116:8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
- Ps 38:16For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
- Ps 17:5My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
- Josh 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
- Ps 5:7But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
- Ps 17:15As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
- Rom 7:23–24but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
- 1 Chr 22:7David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
- 1 Sam 12:23Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
- Ps 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
- Job 12:5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
- Job 21:4As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
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