Psalm 91:12
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New International Version (©2011)
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They will hold you up with their hands so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone.

English Standard Version (©2001)
On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They will bear you up in their hands, That you do not strike your foot against a stone.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They will support you with their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

International Standard Version (©2012)
With their hands they will lift you up so you will not trip over a stone.

NET Bible (©2006)
They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And upon their arms they shall take you up, lest you strike your foot.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They will carry you in their hands so that you never hit your foot against a rock.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

American King James Version
They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

American Standard Version
They shall bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Darby Bible Translation
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

English Revised Version
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Webster's Bible Translation
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

World English Bible
They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone.

Young's Literal Translation
On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

91:9-16 Whatever happens, nothing shall hurt the believer; though trouble and affliction befal, it shall come, not for his hurt, but for good, though for the present it be not joyous but grievous. Those who rightly know God, will set their love upon him. They by prayer constantly call upon him. His promise is, that he will in due time deliver the believer out of trouble, and in the mean time be with him in trouble. The Lord will manage all his worldly concerns, and preserve his life on earth, so long as it shall be good for him. For encouragement in this he looks unto Jesus. He shall live long enough; till he has done the work he was sent into this world for, and is ready for heaven. Who would wish to live a day longer than God has some work to do, either by him or upon him? A man may die young, yet be satisfied with living. But a wicked man is not satisfied even with long life. At length the believer's conflict ends; he has done for ever with trouble, sin, and temptation.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 12. - They shall bear thee up in their hands; rather, upon their hands - lifting thee over difficulties and stumbling blocks. Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone (comp. Proverbs 3:23, 24). Moral impediments are, no doubt, chiefly meant.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They shall bear thee up in their hands,.... Which denotes the strength and power of angels to carry the saints in their hands; their tender care of them, such as a parent or nurse have of children; the helpless condition of the people of God, who are like infants, and need to be dealt with after this manner; the condescension of angels to take such an office on them, in submission to the will of God; the constant view they have of the saints, being always in their hands, and so in sight: thus they bear them, up in life, and at death carry their souls to Abraham's bosom:

lest thou dash thy foot against a stone; lest they fall into sin, or into any calamity and distress; lest the least hurt or mischief befall them, or the least injury be done them; see Proverbs 3:23. The Targum interprets it of the evil concupiscence, or corruption of nature, which is like a stone; see Ezekiel 36:26.

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My Refuge and My Fortress
…11For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. 12They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone. 13You shall tread on the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shall you trample under feet. …

Matthew 4:6 "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
Luke 4:11 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
1 Samuel 2:9 He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. "It is not by strength that one prevails;
Proverbs 3:23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.