Psalm 94:18

18 When I thought, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O Yahweh, supported me.

Psalm 94:18 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 94:18

When I said, my foot slippeth
There is no ground for me to stand upon; all is over with me; there is no hope nor help for me; I am just falling into ruin and destruction: such will be the desperate case of the church, at the time before referred to:

thy mercy, O Lord, held me up;
the extremity of his people is the Lord's opportunity; then is his set time to arise, and have mercy on them; then mercy steps in, lays a solid ground and foundation for hope, and holds up in its arms a sinking people, and revives a dying cause.

Psalm 94:18 In-Context

16 Who rose up for me against [the] wicked? Who stood up for me against [the] workers of iniquity?

17 If Yahweh had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.

18 When I thought, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O Yahweh, supported me.

19 When my troubled thoughts were many {within me}, your consolations cheered my soul.

20 Can there be allied with you a throne of destruction, one that forms trouble based on statute?

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "If/When I said," that is, said to myself