KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 17:5–6
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Psalms 17:5
5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
5†Hold vp my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
- Heb. be not moued.
Psalms 17:6
6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
6I haue called vpon thee, for thou wilt heare me, O God: incline thine eare vnto me, and heare my speach.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 17:5
To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Ways, tracks, or courses followed in travel or conduct.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To lose firm footing or move out of a secure place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Psalms 17:6
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To will, choose, intend, or be disposed to; as an auxiliary, indicates future action.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Lean unto, or towards.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
The organ of hearing; also, the seed-bearing head of grain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoken words; discourse, language, or an address.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 5
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Open the full verse study18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
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Open the full verse study133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
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Open the full verse study9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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Open the full verse study3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
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Open the full verse study7The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
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Open the full verse study36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
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Open the full verse study16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
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Open the full verse study23¶ O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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Open the full verse study11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
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Open the full verse study116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
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Open the full verse study18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
From verse 6
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Open the full verse study2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
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Open the full verse study7In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
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Open the full verse study19But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
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Open the full verse study2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
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Open the full verse study16As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.
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Open the full verse study17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
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Open the full verse study17Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
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Open the full verse study20Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.
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Open the full verse study3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
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