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Psalm 94:18

When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.

16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
17Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
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Notice

A slipping foot makes danger feel immediate, and the speaker remembers being held up by YHWH’s loving kindness amid threats from evildoers.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 145:14The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.Both passages describe the LORD upholding those who cannot keep themselves upright, with Psalm 145 extending that care to all who fall.
Psalm 37:24Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for the LORD holds him up with his hand.Both use the picture of losing footing and being held up by the LORD.
Psalm 121:3He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.Both connect a secure foot with God’s care, while Psalm 121 adds that the keeper does not sleep.
Isaiah 41:10Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the …Both name God as the one who upholds, with Isaiah expressing as a promise the help Psalm 94 remembers.
Psalm 119:116–117Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.Psalm 119 asks God for the upholding help that Psalm 94 recounts receiving.
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 describe God protecting a person’s footing; Samuel’s song also states that human strength cannot secure victory.
Luke 22:32but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”Both concern sustaining help under threat, though Luke speaks of Jesus praying for someone’s faith rather than a slipping foot.
1 Peter 1:5who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Both attribute preservation to God, though Peter speaks of being guarded through faith for salvation rather than being held upright.
2 Samuel 22:37You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.Both portray God’s help through secure footing: one speaker is held up while slipping, and the other reports feet that have not slipped.
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 mention a slipping foot, but Job describes contempt toward those in misfortune where the psalm describes the LORD’s kindness.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. injustice and anger. gratitude.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Tell God where you fear losing your footing

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Encouragement

Your fear need not be hidden from God. Here, the speaker’s cry of slipping is met with YHWH’s loving kindness, which holds him up.

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