Psalms 56:13
11 in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- KJV
- For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
- WEB
- For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
- ASV
- For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living? Psalm 57 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tash-heth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
- DARBY
- 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?
- BLB
- For You have delivered my soul from death, [Do You] not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living!
- ÅB
- For du har fridd min sjel fra døden, ja mine føtter fra fall, så jeg kan vandre for Guds åsyn i de levendes lys.
[^1]: kanskje melodien.
[^2]: 1SA 21, 10 fg. - OTB
- For du har reddet min sjel fra døden,
Ja, mine føtter fra å snuble,
Slik at jeg kan vandre for Gud
I livets lys. - B1930
- For du har fridd min sjel fra døden, ja mine føtter fra fall, så jeg kan vandre for Guds åsyn i de levendes lys.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 116:8–9
For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
Read in contextJob 33:30
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Read in contextRevelation 21:23–24
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
Read in contextPsalms 145:14
The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
Read in contextPsalms 49:15
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
Read in context1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:5
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 17:5
My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
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