King James Version
Psalms 56:13 in the King James Version says “For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in th...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 56 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?”
Psalms 56:13 · KJV
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“from death”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“wilt not thou deliver my feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“that I may walk”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“in the light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“of the living”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
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