But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
Parallel translations
- WEB But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly 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 slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
- 1 Sam 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- Ps 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
- Ps 38:16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
- Ps 17:5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
- Josh 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
- Ps 5:7But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
- Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- Rom 7:23–24But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
- 1 Chr 22:7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
- 1 Sam 12:23Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
- Ps 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
- Job 12:5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
- Job 21:4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
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