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Psalm 18:33

He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.

31For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
32the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
33He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
34He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
35You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
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Deer’s feet suggest sure footing on steep ground, and David’s words direct attention to God as the source of both his strength and his position.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Habakkuk 3:19GOD, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.Both describe God making the speaker’s feet like deer’s feet and enabling him to stand or move in high places.
Psalm 27:5For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.Both describe God placing the speaker somewhere high, with Psalm 27 naming a rock as refuge in trouble.
Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;Both credit God with bringing someone onto high places, though Deuteronomy also describes food drawn from the land.
Deuteronomy 33:29You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves …Both connect God’s help with treading or standing on high places, while Deuteronomy names Israel’s victory over enemies.
Isaiah 33:16he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.Both use height as an image of security, with high places in the psalm and a fortress of rocks in Isaiah.
Luke 15:22“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.Feet are the limited shared detail: God gives deer-like footing in the psalm, while the father orders sandals in Luke.
2 Samuel 2:18The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.Both compare human movement to a swift-footed animal, though Samuel describes Asahel’s speed and the psalm credits God for David’s footing.
2 Samuel 22:14The LORD thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.The shared thread is God’s action: Samuel describes his thunderous voice, while the psalm describes his work in strengthening David’s footing.
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Encouragement

Your limits need not be hidden when you read this song: David credits God with the strength in his feet and the heights he reaches.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).