Psalms 73:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But as for me, my feet were almost gone {H8804)}{H8675)}{H8803)}; my steps had well nigh slipped{H8795)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֗י כִּ֭מְעַט *נטוי **נָטָ֣יוּ רַגְלָ֑י כְּ֝אַ֗יִן *שפכה **שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃

Transliteration

Wa-ani kim'at natayu raglai; ke-ayin shuppechu ashuray.

Grammar Details

*Wa-ani*: conjunction waw + pronoun, 1st person singular - and I
*kim'at*: preposition + noun - as/like little/almost
*natayu*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural (ketiv/qere variation) - they stretched out/inclined
*raglai*: noun, feminine dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - my feet
*ke-ayin*: preposition + adverb - as nothing/almost
*shuppechu*: verb, pual perfect, 3rd person plural (ketiv/qere variation) - they were poured out
*ashuray*: noun, feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my steps

Word Meanings

*kim'at*: almost/nearly/within little
*natayu*: stretched out/inclined/slipped/bent (ketiv: *natuy* - inclined [singular]; qere: *natayu* - they inclined [plural])
*ke-ayin*: as nothing/almost
*shuppechu*: were poured out/slipped (ketiv: *shupkhah* - was poured [singular feminine]; qere: *shuppechu* - they were poured [plural])

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Referenced Verses

Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said{H8804)}, My foot slippeth{H8804)}; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up{H8799)}.
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.
Ps 17:5 : 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Ps 38:16 : 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice{H8799)} over me: when my foot slippeth{H8800)}, they magnify{H8689)} themselves against me.
Ps 116:8 : 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Rom 7:23-24 : 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Josh 24:15 : 15 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, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Ps 35:13 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled{H8765)} my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned{H8799)} into mine own bosom.
1 Sam 12:23 : 23 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:
1 Chr 22:7 : 7 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:
Job 12:5 : 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Job 21:4 : 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Ps 5:7 : 7 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.

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Ps 17:5
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5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
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36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
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16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice{H8799)} over me: when my foot slippeth{H8800)}, they magnify{H8689)} themselves against me.
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Ps 94:17-18
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78%
17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt{H8804)} in silence.
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7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
Ps 73:21-22
2 verses
75%
21Thus my heart was grieved{H8691)}, and I was pricked{H8709)} in my reins.
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4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
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Ps 73:15-18
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15If I say{H8804)}, I will speak{H8762)} thus; behold, I should offend{H8804)} against the generation of thy children.
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Prov 5:14
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14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
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Ps 116:8
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8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Ps 26:11
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11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
Job 12:5
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5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Ps 142:3
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3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
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9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
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Job 33:11
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11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Job 13:27
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27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Ps 18:33
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33He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
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Ps 73:28
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28But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put{H8804)} my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare{H8763)} all thy works.
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2 Sam 22:34
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34He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
Ps 25:15
72%
15Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Ps 36:11
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2 Sam 22:22
72%
22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Prov 3:23
72%
23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Lam 3:17
72%
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Job 30:12
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Ps 31:22
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Ps 37:31
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31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
Ps 40:12
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71%
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Ps 119:87
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