Psalm 17:5 Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not. Religion is intercourse maintained between God and us. What condescension on the part of God. They lose much who are strangers to Him. Let us observe David, and learn to pray as he prayed. I. SEE HIS COURSE. "My goings." Religion does not allow a man to sit still. All religion is vain unless he is, so to speak, set a-going — unless he says, "I will walk in Thy truth." His goings are in God's paths. 1. Those of His commands. 2. Of His ordinances. 3. Of His dispensations. II. HIS CONCERN RESPECTING THIS COURSE. "Hold up my goings," etc. It is the language — 1. Of conviction. He know the injury that would result from a fall or even a slip in religion. 2. Of apprehension, for he knew his footsteps were prone to slide. 3. And of weakness; he knew he could not keep himself. 4. Of confidence, for he was sure that God could and would hold him up. (W. Jay.) Parallel Verses KJV: Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.WEB: My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped. |
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