Psalms 18:36

Good News Translation

You have kept me from being captured, and I have never fallen.

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder mee, and mine heeles haue not slid.

Christian Standard Bible®
You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,and my ankles do not give way.

Hebrew Names Version
You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

Easy-to-Read Version
You cleared a path for my feet so that I could walk without stumbling.

English Standard Version
You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

Amplified Bible
You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure, So that my feet will not slip.

American Standard Version
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

Contemporary English Version
You clear the way for me, and now I won't stumble.

Complete Jewish Bible
"You give me your shield, which is salvation, your right hand holds me up, your humility makes me great.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation, and Thy right hand hath holden me up; and Thy condescension hath made me great.

King James Version (1611)
Thou hast enlarged my steppes vnder me; that my feete did not slippe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.

English Revised Version
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.

Berean Standard Bible
You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

Lexham English Bible
You enlarged my step under me, and my ankles did not slip.

Literal Translation
You have made a wide place under me for my steps, so that my ankles have not slipped.

New Century Version
You give me a better way to live, so I live as you want me to.

New English Translation
You widen my path; my feet do not slip.

New King James Version
You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.

New Living Translation
You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.

New Life Bible
You make the road wide for my steps, and my feet have not tripped.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou didst widen my stepping-places under me, so that, mine ankles, faltered not.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-37) Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.

George Lamsa Translation
Thou hast steadied my legs under me, that my ankles may not be weakened.

New American Standard Bible
You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

King James Version
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou hast made me roomth inough for to go on: so that my feete haue not slypt.

New Revised Standard
You gave me a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

Darby Translation
Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou hast youe to me the kyueryng of thin helthe; and thi riythond hath vptake me. And thi chastisyng amendide me in to the ende; and thilke chastisyng of thee schal teche me.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.

World English Bible
You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

Revised Standard Version
Thou didst give a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

Update Bible Version
You have enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

Bible in Basic English
You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hast made rowme ynough vnder me for to go, that my fote steppes shulde not slyde.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

Legacy Standard Bible
You enlarge my steps under me,And my ankles have not given way.

Contextual Overview

²⁹ You give me strength to attack my enemies and power to overcome their defenses. ³⁰ This God—how perfect are his deeds! How dependable his words! He is like a shield for all who seek his protection. ³¹ The Lord alone is God; God alone is our defense. ³² He is the God who makes me strong, who makes my pathway safe. ³³ He makes me sure-footed as a deer; he keeps me safe on the mountains. ³⁴ He trains me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow. ³⁵ O Lord , you protect me and save me; your care has made me great, and your power has kept me safe. ³⁶ You have kept me from being captured, and I have never fallen. ³⁷ I pursue my enemies and catch them; I do not stop until I destroy them. ³⁸ I strike them down, and they cannot rise; they lie defeated before me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

enlarged: Psalms 4:1, Job 18:7, Job 36:16, Luke 12:50, Luke 24:46-48

feet: Heb. ancles, 2 Samuel 22:37, Proverbs 4:12

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:20 - Blessed Psalms 17:5 - that Psalms 18:19 - brought Psalms 30:7 - by thy Psalms 40:2 - established Psalms 119:32 - enlarge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,.... Which is opposed to those straitened circumstances in which the psalmist was, Psalms 18:4; and is expressive of deliverance from his enemies, by whom he was surrounded, besieged, and shut up; see Psalms 31:8; and of freedom of walking at large, without being straitened for room, or interrupted by others, Proverbs 4:12; and of safety in standing; all which is true in a spiritual sense of believers in Christ, who being delivered by him out of the hands of their enemies, serve the Lord without fear in righteousness and holiness; walk at liberty by faith in Christ, and up and down in the name of the Lord their God; and have their feet established upon the Rock of ages, that sure and large foundation, Christ, from which there is no danger of slipping and falling; as follows;

that my feet did not slip; so as to fall and perish; for sometimes the steps of the saints are well nigh slipped; yea, in some sense they stumble; slip, and fall, but not so as to be utterly cast down and perish eternally; the bottom on which they are is so broad, and the foundation so sure, that it is not possible they should. The words will bear to be applied to Christ, who was in very pressed and straitened circumstances, when beset with the bulls of Bashan, encompassed with dogs, and enclosed with the assembly of the wicked; and was in slippery places, when he sunk in deep mire where there is no standing,

Psalms 22:12; but now being delivered from all this, he is brought, as in Psalms 18:19, into a large place, into heaven, and made higher than the heavens, and is set down at the right hand of God, from whence he can never be moved.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me - The idea here is, “Thou hast made room for my feet, so that I have been enabled to walk without hindrance or obstruction. So in Psalms 31:8, “Thou hast set my feet in a large room.” The idea is, that he was before straitened, compressed, hindered in his goings, but that now all obstacles had been taken out of the way, and he could walk freely.

That my feet did not slip - Margin, mine ancles. The Hebrew word here rendered in the text feet, and in the margin ancles, means properly a joint; small joint; especially the ancle. The reference here is to the ancle, the joint that is so useful in walking, and that is so liable to be sprained or dislocated. The meaning is that he had been enabled to walk firmly; that he did not limp. Before, he had been like one whose ancles are weak or sprained; now he was able to tread firmly. The divine favor given to him was as if God had given strength to a lame man to walk firmly.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 18:36. Enlarged my steps — See on Psalms 18:19. From the hand of God he had continual prosperity; and while he walked with God no enemy was able to prevail against him. He details his successes in the following verses.