Psalms 17:5
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My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
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Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.