But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
Parallel translations
- WEB But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
- KJV But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh 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 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports 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 116:8For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
- Ps 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- Ps 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
- Josh 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
- Ps 5:7But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
- Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
- Rom 7:23–24But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
- 1 Chr 22:7“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
- 1 Sam 12:23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
- Ps 35:13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- Job 12:5The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
- Job 21:4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
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