Psalms 17:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.”
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BSBPD
“My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 17:5 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
- Job 23:11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
- Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
- Psalms 18:37I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
- Psalms 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- Psalms 44:18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
- Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
- Psalms 119:116Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
- Psalms 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
- Psalms 121:3He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
- Psalms 121:7The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
- Jeremiah 10:23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
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