Psalms 37:31

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37:31 The law of their God controls their thinking;¹

their² feet do not slip.

Psalms 18:36

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18:36 You widen my path;³

my feet⁴ do not slip.

Psalms 69:23

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69:23 May their eyes be blinded!⁵

Make them shake violently!⁶

Psalms 26:1

Context

Psalm 26⁷

By David.

26:1 Vindicate me, O Lord,

for I have integrity,⁸

and I trust in the Lord without wavering.

[37:31] ¹tn Heb “the law of his God [is] in his heart.” The “heart” is here the seat of one’s thoughts and motives.

[37:31] ²tn Heb “his.” The pronoun has been translated as plural to agree with the representative or typical “godly” in v. 30.

[18:36] ³tn 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] ⁴tn 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.”

[69:23] ⁵tn Heb “may their eyes be darkened from seeing.”

[69:23] ⁶tn Heb “make their hips shake continually.”

[26:1] ⁷sn Psalm 26. The author invites the Lord to test his integrity, asserts his innocence and declares his loyalty to God.

[26:1] ⁸tn Heb “for I in my integrity walk.”