Psalms 66:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Which holdeth{H8802)} our soul in life, and suffereth{H8804)} not our feet to be moved.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַשָּׂ֣ם נַ֭פְשֵׁנוּ בַּֽחַיִּ֑ים וְלֹֽא־נָתַ֖ן לַמּ֣וֹט רַגְלֵֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

The one śām napšēnû in the ḥayyîm and not-nātan to the môṭ raglēnû

Grammar Details

*śām*: verb qal participle masculine singular - placing/putting
*napšēnû*: noun feminine singular + 1st person plural suffix - our soul/life
*ḥayyîm*: noun masculine plural - life/living
*nātan*: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - give/put/set
*môṭ*: noun masculine singular - tottering/slipping
*raglēnû*: noun feminine dual + 1st person plural suffix - our feet

Word Meanings

*śām*: placing/putting/establishing
*napšēnû*: our soul/life/self/being
*ḥayyîm*: life/living/alive
*nātan*: gave/put/placed/allowed
*môṭ*: tottering/slipping/being moved
*raglēnû*: our feet

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 121:3 : 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Ps 125:3 : 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Acts 17:28 : 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Col 3:3-4 : 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
Ps 22:29 : 29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Ps 62:2 : 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved{H8735)}.
Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved{H8735)}.
Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said{H8804)}, My foot slippeth{H8804)}; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up{H8799)}.
Ps 112:6 : 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Ps 37:23-24 : 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth{H8799)} in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down{H8714)}: for the LORD upholdeth{H8802)} him with his hand.

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