Psalm 56:13

Translations

Modern

For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Traditional

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?

Literal

For You have delivered my soul from death, Do You not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living!

Latin

…quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte, et pedes meos de lapsu, ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium.

Original

Hebrew

English

For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Notes

Psalms 56:13

The light of God’s goodness and salvation will replace the darkness of death (see Psalms 18:25–29; 27:1).

Psalms 56:1–13

In this lament, the psalmist first asks for help and then expresses confidence in God. This pattern occurs two times (Psalm 56:1–4, 5–13).

Psalms 51:1–65:13

These psalms of David share a common theme. They reflect on the experience of evil. In Psalm 51, the psalmist admits his wrongdoing and asks for God's forgiveness. Psalms 52–64 express sorrow over specific evils David faced. A song of praise (Psalm 65) brings David's laments to an end.

Theme notes and profiles

David Life After Death

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Psalm 116:8–9
For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
Job 33:30
…to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Revelation 21:23–24
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
Psalm 145:14
The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
Psalm 49:15
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
Psalm 17:5
My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
Isaiah 2:5
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
1 Thessalonians 1:10
…and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
Isaiah 38:3
…saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Psalm 94:18
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
Psalm 86:12–13
I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.

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