Psalms 17:5

1 Samuel 2:9; Jeremiah 10:23; Psalms 18:36; Psalms 38:16; Psalms 94:18; Psalms 119:116; Psalms 119:117; Psalms 119:133; Psalms 121:3; Psalms 121:7

Related Commentaries of Psalms 17:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hold up my goings in thy paths - He had been enabled before this to keep himself from the ways of the violent by the word of God Psalms 17:4 ; h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XVII. The Prayer of a Godly Man for Deliverance from his Foes. These foes are not foreign enemies but worldly Jews who persecute their pious and in...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

paths . tracks, or ruts.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Uphold my steps. If we take God’s paths for the precepts of his law, the sense will be evident, namely, that although David had spoken...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. Hold up my goings in thy paths - David walked in God's ways; but, without Divine assist...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. Hold up my goings in thy paths, (that) my footsteps slip not - a beautiful supplem...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Psalmist makes his appeal to the justice of God ( Psalms 17:1-2 ), and supports his prayer by an assertion of his conscious innocence ( Psalms 17...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV 'My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hold up. — Not, as in the Authorised Version, imperative, which is directly opposed to the context. The psalmist still asserts his innocence. Rende...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 17:1-15 THE investigations as to authorship and date yield the usual conflicting results. Davidic, say one school; undoubtedly post-exilic,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's True Servants Safely Kept Psalms 17:1-15 This also dates from the Sauline persecutions. In the earlier verses David protests his innocenc...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This psalm is generally conceded to be closely linked with the preceding one. There is an evident similarity of outlook. In each case the singer decl...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is blessed, as it concerns our glorious Surety; for God engaged to carry him through his whole work; see Psalms 89:21-24 . And it is blessed al...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hold up my goings in thy paths ,.... Which being spoken by David in his own person, and for himself, shows that he was conscious of his own weakness...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not. Ver. 5. Hold up my goings in thy paths, &c. ] Keep me within the circle of thy w...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hold up my goings , &c. As by thy word and grace thou hast hitherto kept me from the paths of evil men, and led me into thy paths, so I pray the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sincere and Importunate Prayer. A prayer of David. 1 Hear the righ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As by thy word and grace thou hast hitherto kept me from the paths of evil men, and led me into thy paths; so, I pray thee, enable me by the same mea...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent. My steps have held fast to your paths, My fee...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “David pours forth to God in this psalm an earnest prayer for deliverance from his inveterate enemies, who were bent on taking away his...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 17:5 The prayer may be regarded as showing (1) the right spirit, (2) the right method, (3) the right purpose, of life. I. In pointing out...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 17:1 . Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Good men are often slander...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 17:3 . Thou hast tried me. Vulgate, Igne me examinâsti, Thou hast proved or tested me with fire, referring to the test of metals. Psalm...
The Biblical Illustrator

Hold up my goings in Thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. Slippery places The blessing of sanctified affliction is that we are made to see ou...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is termed "a prayer"—"a Prayer of David." It consists, no doubt, mainly of a series of petitions ( Psalms 17:1 , Psalms...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Believer Takes His Refuge in God. Every true believer is a poor sinner in the sight of God, knowing that his natural sinfulness will not permi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hold up my goings in Thy paths, his steps follow the ways outlined by God, that my footsteps slip not, he has not left the way of God's command on...

⁵ Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slipb not.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 17:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 17:5