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href="/bsb/psalms/18.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/18.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thou dost enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You enlarge my steps under me, And my ankles have not given way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You enlarge the path beneath me <i>and</i> make my steps secure, So that my feet will not slip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You widen a place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You clear the way for me, and now I won't stumble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You make a wide path for me to walk on so that my feet do not slip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You have kept me from being captured, and I have never fallen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You make a broad place for my steps, so my feet won't slip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You widen my path; my feet do not slip. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You enlarge my step under me, "" And my ankles have not slipped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt make broad my steps under me and my joints did not waver.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 17:37>You have expanded my footsteps under me, and my tracks have not been weakened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You made room for my steps beneath me; my ankles never twisted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You gave me a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast steadied my legs under me, that my ankles may not be weakened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You have made room for my steps under me that my ankles would not be moved.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/18-36.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=1745" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/18.htm">The LORD is My Rock</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">35</span>You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me. <span class="reftext">36</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7337.htm" title="7337: tar·ḥîḇ (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To be or grow wide or large. A primitive root; to broaden.">You broaden</a> <a href="/hebrew/6806.htm" title="6806: ṣa·‘ă·ḏî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A step, pace. From tsantarah; a pace or regular step.">the path</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ṯaḥ·tāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">beneath me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7166.htm" title="7166: qar·sul·lāy (N-fdc:: 1cs) -- Ankle. From qarac; an ankle.">so that my ankles</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4571.htm" title="4571: mā·‘ă·ḏū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To slip, slide, totter, shake. A primitive root; to waver.">give way.</a> </span><span class="reftext">37</span>I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-37.htm">2 Samuel 22:37</a></span><br />You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a></span><br />But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-12.htm">Proverbs 4:12</a></span><br />When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/3-19.htm">Habakkuk 3:19</a></span><br />GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/33-25.htm">Deuteronomy 33:25</a></span><br />May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/18-7.htm">Job 18:7</a></span><br />His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-8.htm">Psalm 31:8</a></span><br />You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-32.htm">Psalm 119:32</a></span><br />I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-45.htm">Psalm 119:45</a></span><br />And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-7.htm">Isaiah 26:7</a></span><br />The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-2.htm">Isaiah 45:2</a></span><br />“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-13.htm">Hebrews 12:13</a></span><br />Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-15.htm">Ephesians 6:15</a></span><br />and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-13.htm">Philippians 4:13</a></span><br />I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You have enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.</p><p class="hdg">enlarged</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/4-1.htm">Psalm 4:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me <i>when I was</i> in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-7.htm">Job 18:7</a></b></br> The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/36-16.htm">Job 36:16</a></b></br> Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait <i>into</i> a broad place, where <i>there is</i> no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table <i>should be</i> full of fatness.</p><p class="hdg">feet [Heb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/22-37.htm">2 Samuel 22:37</a></b></br> Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/4-12.htm">Proverbs 4:12</a></b></br> When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/22-37.htm">Ankles</a> <a href="/job/37-3.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-37.htm">Broaden</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-10.htm">Enlarge</a> <a href="/psalms/4-1.htm">Enlarged</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-37.htm">Enlargest</a> <a href="/psalms/18-33.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/psalms/18-23.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Path</a> <a href="/psalms/17-5.htm">Slidden</a> <a href="/psalms/17-5.htm">Slip</a> <a href="/psalms/17-5.htm">Slipped</a> <a href="/job/12-5.htm">Slipping</a> <a href="/psalms/17-11.htm">Step</a> <a href="/psalms/17-11.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/psalms/18-22.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/romans/4-20.htm">Wavered</a> <a href="/psalms/18-19.htm">Wide</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Ankles</a> <a href="/psalms/18-38.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/matthew/23-5.htm">Broaden</a> <a href="/psalms/35-21.htm">Enlarge</a> <a href="/psalms/25-17.htm">Enlarged</a> <a href="/psalms/119-32.htm">Enlargest</a> <a href="/psalms/18-38.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/psalms/21-2.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/19-5.htm">Path</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Slidden</a> <a href="/psalms/26-1.htm">Slip</a> <a href="/psalms/38-16.htm">Slipped</a> <a href="/psalms/26-1.htm">Slipping</a> <a href="/psalms/37-31.htm">Step</a> <a href="/psalms/25-4.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/psalms/18-37.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/romans/4-20.htm">Wavered</a> <a href="/psalms/22-13.htm">Wide</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">David praises God for his manifold and marvelous blessings</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You broaden the path beneath me</b><br>This phrase suggests divine intervention and support, indicating that God provides stability and security. In biblical times, paths were often narrow and treacherous, especially in the hilly and rocky terrain of ancient Israel. The broadening of a path symbolizes making a way safe and secure, which can be seen as a metaphor for God's guidance and protection in life's journey. This imagery is consistent with other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/40-4.htm">Isaiah 40:4</a>, which speaks of making rough places smooth. It reflects the idea that God prepares the way for His people, ensuring their steps are firm and secure.<p><b>so that my ankles do not give way</b><br>The mention of ankles not giving way highlights the physical stability and strength provided by God. In ancient warfare, a soldier's ability to stand firm was crucial, and weak ankles could lead to a fall and defeat. This phrase can be connected to <a href="/ephesians/6-13.htm">Ephesians 6:13</a>, where believers are encouraged to stand firm in the armor of God. It also reflects the cultural understanding of physical strength as a metaphor for spiritual resilience. The protection of one's ankles can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the foundation and strength for believers, ensuring they do not falter in their spiritual walk.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/18.htm">Psalm 18</a>, David is expressing gratitude and praise to God for deliverance from his enemies and from the hand of Saul. This psalm is a song of thanksgiving for God's protection and provision.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, God is depicted as the one who provides stability and security for David, ensuring his path is secure.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies.htm">Enemies</a></b><br>While not directly mentioned in this verse, the broader context of <a href="/bsb/psalms/18.htm">Psalm 18</a> involves David's deliverance from his enemies, highlighting the contrast between the instability they bring and the stability God provides.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_of_stability.htm">God's Provision of Stability</a></b><br>Just as God broadened the path for David, He provides stability in our lives, ensuring that we do not falter in our spiritual journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_guidance.htm">Trust in God's Guidance</a></b><br>Trusting in God's guidance means believing that He will make our paths secure, even when circumstances seem uncertain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_preparedness.htm">Spiritual Preparedness</a></b><br>Like a soldier prepared for battle, we must be spiritually prepared, trusting that God will support us and prevent us from stumbling.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_god's_protection.htm">Gratitude for God's Protection</a></b><br>Recognize and give thanks for the ways God has protected and guided us, just as David did in his psalm of thanksgiving.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_overcoming.htm">What does the Bible say about FOMO?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_threaten_destruction,_not_mercy.htm">Why would God threaten complete destruction (Jeremiah 21:5-6) instead of offering a path to repentance, seeming to contradict earlier scriptures that highlight mercy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_paul_misquote_psalms_in_romans.htm">If the Bible is divinely inspired, why does Paul misquote the Old Testament (Romans 3:10-18 vs. Psalms)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_christian_psychotherapy.htm">What is Christian psychotherapy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(36) <span class= "bld">Thou hast enlarged my steps.</span>--Comp. <a href="/psalms/31-8.htm" title="And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a large room.">Psalm 31:8</a>, which explains the phrase; also <a href="/psalms/18-19.htm" title="He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.">Psalm 18:19</a> above.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 36.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast enlarged my</span> <span class="cmt_word">steps under me, that my feet did not slip.</span> Job often complained that God "hedged in his steps" (Job 3:23) and "fenced up his way" (Job 19:5), so that he had no liberty of movement. David enumerates among the blessings which he receives of God, the freedom which he enjoys (comp. <a href="/psalms/31-8.htm">Psalm 31:8</a>). He is at liberty to go where he likes. and also his footsteps "do not slip." This is rather an independent clause than a consequence. Translate, <span class="accented">and my ankles slip not.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/18-36.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You broaden</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּרְחִ֣יב</span> <span class="translit">(tar·ḥîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7337.htm">Strong's 7337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or grow wide or large</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the path</span><br /><span class="heb">צַעֲדִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ṣa·‘ă·ḏî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6806.htm">Strong's 6806: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pace, regular step</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beneath me</span><br /><span class="heb">תַחְתָּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(ṯaḥ·tāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that my ankles</span><br /><span class="heb">קַרְסֻלָּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(qar·sul·lāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7166.htm">Strong's 7166: </a> </span><span class="str2">An ankle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">give way.</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֝עֲד֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(mā·‘ă·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4571.htm">Strong's 4571: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slip, slide, totter, shake</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/18-36.htm">Psalm 18:36 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/18-36.htm">Psalm 18:36 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/18-36.htm">Psalm 18:36 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/18-36.htm">Psalm 18:36 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/18-36.htm">Psalm 18:36 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/18-36.htm">Psalm 18:36 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/18-36.htm">Psalm 18:36 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/18-36.htm">Psalm 18:36 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/18-36.htm">Psalm 18:36 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/18-36.htm">Psalm 18:36 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/18-36.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 18:36 You have enlarged my steps under me (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/18-35.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 18:35"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 18:35" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/18-37.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 18:37"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 18:37" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>