When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.
Parallel translations
- KJV When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
- BSB If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
- NKJV If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
- NASB If I should say, “My foot has slipped,” Your faithfulness, Lord, will support me.
- NLT I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me.
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Cross-references · 11
- Ps 121:3He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
- Isa 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Ps 119:116–117Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
- Ps 37:23–24A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.
- 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.
- Luke 22:32but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”
- 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 73:2But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
- 1 Pet 1:5who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- John 12:5“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”
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