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Psalms 17:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.


Psalms 17:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 17:56 words
HebrewMeaning
תָּמֹ֣ךְtāmōkə
they have held firmverbH8551
up-) hold · maintain · retain · stay
אֲ֭שֻׁרַ/יʾăšuray
steps mynounH838
step
בְּ/מַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑י/ךָbəmaʿəgəlwōteykā
in tracks yourpronH4570
path · trench · way
בַּלbal
notparticleH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
נָמ֥וֹטּוּnāmwōṭw
they have been shakenverbH4131
cast · be out of course · be fallen in decay · exceedingly ···
פְעָמָֽ/יpəʿāmāy
footsteps mynounH6471
corner · foot · going · fold ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 17:5

A prayer of David himself. 1. This prayer must be assigned to the Person of the Lord, with the addition of the Church, which is His body. 2. “Hear My righteousness, O God, consider My supplication” Psalm 16:1. “Hearken unto My prayer, not in deceitful lips:” not going forth to You in deceitful lips. “Let My judgment from Your countenance go forth” Psalm 16:2. From the enlightening of the knowledge of You, let Me judge truth. Or at least, let My judgment go forth, not in…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 17
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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