Psalm 17:5 {16:5}
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Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.

Hold

Psalm 119:116,117,133 Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation. . . .

Psalm 121:3,7 May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee. . . .

1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; because no man shall prevail by his own strength.

Jeremiah 10:23 I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.

that

Psalm 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.

Psalm 38:16 For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me: and whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things against me.

Psalm 94:18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

slip not [Heb.

Context
Hear My Righteous Plea
4That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways. 5Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.6I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.…
Cross References
Job 23:11
My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.

Psalm 18:36
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.

Psalm 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.

Psalm 44:18
All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly in thy covenant.

Psalm 119:133
Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Lexicon
My steps
אֲ֭שֻׁרַי (’ă·šu·ray)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 838: Step, going

have clung
תָּמֹ֣ךְ (tā·mōḵ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 8551: To sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close

to Your paths;
בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑יךָ (bə·ma‘·gə·lō·w·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4570: An entrenchment, track

my feet
פְעָמָֽי׃ (p̄ə·‘ā·māy)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

have not
בַּל־ (bal-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

slipped.
נָמ֥וֹטּוּ (nā·mō·wṭ·ṭū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4131: To waver, to slip, shake, fall


Additional Translations
My steps have clung to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not.

When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped.

Uphold my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.

To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.
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