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Psalm 17

Psa. 17:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hold up
tamak (Hebrew #8551)
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
KJV usage: (take, up-)hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up).
Pronounce: taw-mak'
Origin: a primitive root
my goings
'ashur (Hebrew #838)
from 833 in the sense of going; a step
KJV usage: going, step.
Pronounce: aw-shoor'
Origin: or ashshur {ash-shoor'}
in thy paths
ma`gal (Hebrew #4570)
from the same as 5696; a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
KJV usage: going, path, trench, way((-side)).
Pronounce: mah-gawl'
Origin: or feminine mapgalah {mah-gaw-law'}
, that my footsteps
pa`am (Hebrew #6471)
amah {pah-am-aw'}; from 6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
KJV usage: anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ((often-)), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
Pronounce: pah'-am
Origin: or (feminine) pa
τslip
mowt (Hebrew #4131)
to waver; by implication , to slip, shake, fall
KJV usage: be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, X exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-)moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
Pronounce: mote
Origin: a primitive root
not.
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be not moved.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Hold.
Psa. 119:116‑117,133• 116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
 117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
 133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. (Psa. 119:116‑117,133)
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Psa. 121:3,7• 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
 7The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. (Psa. 121:3,7)
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1 Sam. 2:9• 9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. (1 Sam. 2:9)
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Jer. 10:23• 23O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. (Jer. 10:23)
that.
Psa. 18:36• 36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. (Psa. 18:36)
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Psa. 38:16• 16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. (Psa. 38:16)
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Psa. 94:18• 18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. (Psa. 94:18)
slip not.
Heb. be not moved.
• Christ walked in dependence upon God, and His Word, and thus was kept from the works of men, and the paths of the destroyer. The devil would have given Him all the kingdoms of this world if he could have moved the Lord from the path of dependence. Christ refused the portion in this life (vs. 14), to receive a better portion in resurrection (vs. 15). (“Psalms 17” by H. Smith)
• But there is no pride, but entire dependence on Jehovah in the right path. “Hold thou up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.” Such was the practical life of Christ in this world. This was His life and walk in itself. (“Psalms 17” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Hold my goings in thy paths, that my ..."