Psalms 66:9

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“He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.”

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BSBPD

“He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Who holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be moved.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 66:9 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
  3. Psalms 22:29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
  4. Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
  5. Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
  6. Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
  7. Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
  8. Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
  9. Psalms 112:6Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
  10. Psalms 121:3He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
  11. Psalms 125:3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
  12. Acts 17:28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
  13. Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

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