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Psalm 37

Psa. 37:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The steps
mits`ad (Hebrew #4703)
a step; figuratively, companionship
KJV usage: going, step.
Pronounce: mits-awd'
Origin: from 6805
a of a good man
geber (Hebrew #1397)
properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
KJV usage: every one, man, X mighty.
Pronounce: gheh'-ber
Origin: from 1396
are βordered
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
by the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: and he delighteth
chaphets (Hebrew #2654)
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
KJV usage: X any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
Pronounce: khaw-fates'
Origin: a primitive root
in his way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
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Prov. 16:9• 9The heart of man deviseth his way, but Jehovah directeth his steps. (Prov. 16:9)
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or, established.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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steps.
Psa. 17:5• 5When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not. (Psa. 17:5)
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Psa. 85:13• 13Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set his footsteps on the way. (Psa. 85:13)
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Psa. 119:133• 133Establish my steps in thy *word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. (Psa. 119:133)
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Psa. 121:3,8• 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
 8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore. (Psa. 121:3,8)
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1 Sam. 2:9• 9He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. (1 Sam. 2:9)
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Job 23:11‑12• 11My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart. (Job 23:11‑12)
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Prov. 16:9• 9The heart of man deviseth his way, but Jehovah directeth his steps. (Prov. 16:9)
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Jer. 10:23• 23I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps. (Jer. 10:23)
ordered.
or, established.
Psa. 40:2• 2And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings: (Psa. 40:2)
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Prov. 4:26• 26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered. (Prov. 4:26)
delighteth.
Psa. 147:10• 10He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man; (Psa. 147:10)
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Prov. 11:1,20• 1A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
 20The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in their way are his delight. (Prov. 11:1,20)
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Jer. 9:24• 24but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 9:24)
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Heb. 13:16• 16But of doing good and communicating of your substance be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Heb. 13:16)
• The steps of a good man are ordered by Jehovah. This is a vast and precious blessing, to think that in this wilderness, where there is no way in the midst of confusion and wickedness, our Father directs our steps. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)
• In the meanwhile the remnant’s portion is to seek to walk uprightly before the Lord and wait on Him. He will preserve them through their time of trial (vs. 23-34). (“Book 1.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The steps of a manc are established by Jehovah, and he delighteth in his way:

JND Translation Notes

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Geber, as Ps. 34.8. see Job 3.3, and cf. Job 4.17.