Psalm 73:2
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
קָרַב
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
English grammatical function word ('slipped'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent...
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('slipped'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are re...
Study GRAM →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →Cross References
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites...
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
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