My steps have been held in Your paths, so that my footsteps have not slipped.
Psalm 140:4 - Modern King James Version O Jehovah, keep me from the hands of the wicked; keep me from the violent man who purposed to trip up my steps. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man; Who have purposed to overthrow my goings. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent men who have purposed to thrust aside my steps. American Standard Version (1901) Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps. Common English Bible Protect me from the power of the wicked, LORD! Guard me from violent people who plot to trip me up! Catholic Public Domain Version Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, to making excuses for sins, with men who work iniquity; and I will not communicate, even with the best of them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them. |
My steps have been held in Your paths, so that my footsteps have not slipped.
Do not let the foot of pride come against me, and do not let the hand of the wicked move me.
which will not listen to the charmer's voice, a skillful caster of spells.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, nor to overthrow the righteous in judgment.