Psalms 17:5

← Psalms 17:4	Psalms 17:5 (KJV)	Psalms 17:6 →
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.	Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.	I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Hold up^H8551 my goings^H838 in thy paths^H4570, that my footsteps^H6471 slip^H4131 not.

Original Hebrew

תָּמֹךְ אֲשֻׁרַי בְּמַעְגְּלֹותֶיךָ בַּל־נָמֹוטּוּ פְעָמָי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
תָּמֹ֣ךְ	ta.Mokh	H8551	HVqa	they have held firm
אֲ֭שֻׁרַ/י	'A.shu.ra/i	H838	HNcfpc/Sp1cs	steps/ my
בְּ/מַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑י/ךָ	be./ma'.ge.lo.Tei./kha	H4570	HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms	in/ tracks/ your
בַּל	bal-	H1077	HTn	not
נָמ֥וֹטּוּ	na.Mo.tu	H4131	HVNp3cp	they have been shaken
פְעָמָֽ/י	fe.'a.Ma/i	H6471	HNcfpc/Sp1cs	footsteps/ my

Strong's References

H838 — אָשֻׁר (ʼâshur, aw-shoor'): or אַשֻּׁר (ʼashshur); from אָשַׁר (ʼâshar) H833 in the sense of going; a step; going, step.
H4131 — מוֹט (môwṭ, mote): a primitive root; to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall; be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
H4570 — מַעְגָּל (maʻgâl, mah-gawl'): or feminine מַעְגָּלָה (maʻgâlâh); from the same as עָגֹל (ʻâgôl) H5696; a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular); going, path, trench, way(-side).
H6471 — פַּעַם (paʻam, pah'-am): or (feminine) פַּעֲמָה (paʻămâh); from פָּעַם (pâʻam) H6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow); anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
H8551 — תָּמַךְ (tâmak, taw-mak'): a primitive root; to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close; (take, up-) hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1077 — בַּל (bal, bal): from בָּלָה (bâlâh) H1086; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest; lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

Hold — 1 Samuel 2:9, Psalms 119:116-117, Psalms 119:133, Psalms 121:3, Psalms 121:7, Jeremiah 10:23
that — Psalms 18:36, Psalms 38:16, Psalms 94:18

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