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Psalm 56

Psa. 56:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For thou hast delivered
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
from death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
: wilt not thou deliver my feet
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
from falling
dchiy (Hebrew #1762)
a push, i.e. (by implication) a fall
KJV usage: falling.
Pronounce: deh-khee'
Origin: from 1760
, that I may walk
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
in the light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
of the living
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 86:12‑13• 12I will thank thee, O Lord my Saviour,{HR}With all my heart,{HR}And I will glorify thy name forever.
 13For thy mercy [is] great unto me,{HR}And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Psa. 86:12‑13)
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Psa. 116:8• 8For thou hast delivered my soul from death,{HR}Mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling. (Psa. 116:8)
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2 Cor. 1:10• 10who delivered us from so great a death, and doth e deliver, in whom we have hope that he will also yet deliver, (2 Cor. 1:10)
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1 Thess. 1:10• 10and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus that delivered us from the coming wrath. (1 Thess. 1:10)
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Heb. 2:15• 15and might set free all those who through fear of death were through all their life subject to bondage. (Heb. 2:15)
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James 5:20• 20let him know that he that turneth back a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins. (James 5:20)
wilt.
Psa. 17:5• 5To hold fast my feet in thy paths;{HR}My footsteps were not moved. (Psa. 17:5)
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Psa. 94:18• 18When I said, My foot slippeth,{HR}Thy mercy, O Jehovah, held me up. (Psa. 94:18)
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Psa. 145:14• 14Jehovah upholdeth all that fall,{HR}And raiseth all the bowed down. (Psa. 145:14)
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1 Sam. 2:9• 9He will keep the feet of his saints,{HR}And the wicked shall be silent in darkness;{HR}For by strength shall no man prevail. (1 Sam. 2:9)
walk.
Psa. 116:9• 9I will walk before Jehovah in lands of the living. (Psa. 116:9)
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Gen. 17:1• 1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be thou perfect. (Gen. 17:1)
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Isa. 2:5• 5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah. (Isa. 2:5)
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Isa. 38:3• 3and said, Remember now, Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much. (Isa. 38:3)
the light.
Job 33:30• 30To bring back his soul from corruption,{HR}That he may be enlightened with the light of life. (Job 33:30)
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John 8:12• 12Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall in no wise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
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John 12:35‑36• 35Jesus then said to them, Yet a little time the light is among you. Walk while ye have the light, that the darkness may not overtake you; and he that walketh in darkness knoweth not where he goeth.
 36While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may become sons of light. (John 12:35‑36)
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Eph. 5:8‑14• 8for ye were once darkness but now [are] light in the Lord: walk as children of light
 9(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
 10proving what is agreeable to the Lord;
 11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather also reprove;
 12for the things in secret done by them it is shameful even to speak of,
 13but all of them, when reproved by the light, are made manifest; for everything that maketh manifest is light.
 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise out of [the] dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:8‑14)
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Rev. 21:23‑24• 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb {i}is{/i} the lamp of it.
 24And the nations shall walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory unto it. (Rev. 21:23‑24)
• He receives what he prays for, believing. But the soul uses mercies and deliverances to count for more. It has been delivered from death; hence it looks to be kept from falling. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 55-58” by J.N. Darby)
• The light of the living was the light of divine preserving favor for Israel. It is not the highest order of joy here, but it is the soul's looking out of distress and oppression to that faithful goodness of God which shall make it walk before Him in safety and in peace. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 55-58” by J.N. Darby)
• Man had sought his life, but God had delivered his soul from death. Men seek to trip him up in his steps (vs. 6); but God keeps his feet from falling. If God keeps his feet, it is that he may walk “before God in the light of the living”―that he may live to God in the light of God. (“Psalm 56” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt thou not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

W. Kelly Translation

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For thou hast delivered my soul from death:{HR}[Wilt thou] not [deliver] my feet from falling,{HR}That I may walk before God in the light of the living.