Psalm 94:18: If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms
When I said, My foot slips—and is slipping even now: I perceived my danger, and cried out in horror, and then, at the very moment of my extremity, came the needed help. Thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. Often enough is this the case: we feel our weakness, and see our danger, and in fear and trembling we cry out. At such times nothing can help us but mercy; we can make no appeal to any fancied merit, for we feel that it is our inbred sin which makes our feet so ready to fail us; our joy is that mercy endures forever, and is always at hand to pluck us out of the danger, and hold us up. 1
Living the Transformed Life
He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Psalm 121:3
- When your foot is slipping, trust Him…But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. Psalm 13:5
- When your foot is slipping, trust Him…For the king trusts in the Lord, And through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved. Psalm 21:7
- When your foot is slipping, trust Him…Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him. Psalm 32:10
Because He is merciful, He will give you what you do not deserve.
Praise and Prayer
Thank You, Father, for upholding me, when I thought I was going to greatly fail You. Dear Jesus, thank You for allowing Your mercy to triumph over my weakness.
1. PACKER, J. I. (1993). Introduction. In Psalms (p. 40). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
