King James Version
Psalms 66:9 in the King James Version says “Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. holdeth: Heb. putteth” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 66 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. holdeth: Heb. putteth”
Psalms 66:9 · KJV
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. holdeth: Heb. putteth
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Which holdeth”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“our soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“in life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and suffereth”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“to be moved”
H4132a wavering, i.e., fall; by implication, a pole (as shaking); hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole)
“not our feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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