Psalms 56:13
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
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?
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 thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Read in contextJob 33:30
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Read in contextRevelation 21:23–24
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Read in contextPsalms 145:14
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Read in contextPsalms 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 1:10
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:5
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 17:5
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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