Psalm 66:9 “He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.”

Psalm 66:9

He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

World English Bible

who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

American Standard Version

Who holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Geneva Bible 1599

Which holdeth our soules in life, and suffereth not our feete to slippe.

Darby Translation

Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Young's Literal Translation

Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.

Bible in Basic English

Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

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Cross references

“holdeth”

Psalm 22:29 1 Samuel 25:29 Acts 17:28 Colossians 3:3 Colossians 3:4

Psalm 22:29 · BSB

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.

1 Samuel 25:29 · BSB

And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sli…

Acts 17:28 · BSB

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

Colossians 3:3 · BSB

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:4 · BSB

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

“suffereth”

Psalm 121:3 Psalm 94:18 Psalm 112:6 1 Samuel 2:9 Psalm 62:2 Psalm 125:3

Psalm 121:3 · BSB

He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

Psalm 94:18 · BSB

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.

Psalm 112:6 · BSB

Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.

1 Samuel 2:9 · BSB

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

Psalm 62:2 · BSB

He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

Psalm 125:3 · BSB

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.

10For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.

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