Psalms 18:36

18:36 You widen my path; ¹ 

my feet ²  do not slip.

Psalms 38:16

38:16 I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; ³ 

when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me. ⁴ 

Psalms 94:18

94:18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,”

your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

[18:36]  ¹ tn Heb “you make wide my step under me.” “Step” probably refers metonymically to the path upon which the psalmist walks. Another option is to translate, “you widen my stride.” This would suggest that God gives the psalmist the capacity to run quickly.

[18:36]  ² tn Heb “lower legs.” On the meaning of the Hebrew noun, which occurs only here, see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 112. A cognate Akkadian noun means “lower leg.”

[38:16]  ³ tn Heb “For I said, ‘Lest they rejoice over me.’” The psalmist recalls the motivating argument of his petition. He probably prefaced this statement with a prayer for deliverance (see Pss 7:1-2; 13:3-4; 28:1).

[38:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “they will magnify against me.” See Pss 35:26; 55:13.