Psalms 17:5

17:5 I carefully obey your commands; ¹ 

I do not deviate from them. ² 

Psalms 119:133

119:133 Direct my steps by your word! ³ 

Do not let any sin dominate me!

Psalms 140:4

140:4 O Lord, shelter me from the power ⁴  of the wicked!

Protect me from violent men,

who plan to knock me over. ⁵ 

[17:5]  ¹ tn Heb “my steps stay firm in your tracks.” The infinitive absolute functions here as a finite verb (see GKC 347 §113.gg). God’s “tracks” are his commands, i.e., the moral pathways he has prescribed for the psalmist.

[17:5]  ² tn Heb “my footsteps do not stagger.”

[119:133]  ³ tn God’s “word” refers here to his law (see v. 11).

[140:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “hands.”

[140:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “to push down my steps.”