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Psalm 73:2

But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

1A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
3For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
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Feet almost gone and steps close to slipping describe how precarious faith can feel when, as Asaph explains next, the prosperity of the wicked fuels envy.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 94:18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.Both describe a slipping foot; Psalm 73 admits the danger, while Psalm 94 names God’s loving kindness as the support.
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.Both use feet to picture stability or danger; Asaph describes near collapse, while Hannah declares that God keeps his holy ones.
Psalm 116:8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.Feet threatened with falling connect these verses, though Psalm 116 names deliverance and Psalm 73 describes the danger.
Psalm 38:16For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”Both speak of a slipping foot, with Psalm 38 adding the fear that others will gloat over the fall.
Joshua 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods …The shared phrase “as for me” introduces contrasting personal statements: Asaph’s admission of instability and Joshua’s commitment to serve the LORD.
Psalm 17:5My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.Both describe feet and steps, but Psalm 17 speaks of holding fast where Psalm 73 recalls coming close to slipping.
1 Samuel 12:23Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.The link is the personal turn “as for me”: Asaph admits his peril, while Samuel states his commitment to prayer and instruction.
Job 21:4As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?Both turn toward the speaker’s own distress, though Asaph describes slipping and Job questions the direction of his complaint.
1 Chronicles 22:7David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.The link is limited to personal disclosure: Asaph recounts near collapse, while David recalls his desire to build God’s house.
Romans 7:23–24but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.Both describe personal struggle with sin: Asaph’s surrounding words name envy, while Paul describes sin warring within him.
Job 12:5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.Both picture a foot slipping; Job adds the contempt that people at ease can show toward someone facing misfortune.
Where this verse fits

Envy and comparison. doubt. temptation.

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Encouragement

God’s goodness is stated just before Asaph’s near collapse. His unstable steps do not erase that truth, and his confession does not hide the danger.

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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).