He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

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He will guard the feet(A) of his faithful servants,(B)
    but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.(C)

“It is not by strength(D) that one prevails;

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16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

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16 No king is saved by the size of his army;(A)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A horse(B) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.

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11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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11 For he will command his angels(A) concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;(B)
12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.(C)

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He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

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He will not let your foot slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;

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Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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who through faith are shielded by God’s power(A) until the coming of the salvation(B) that is ready to be revealed(C) in the last time.

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12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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12 But the subjects of the kingdom(A) will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(B)

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10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

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10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil,(A)
    for he guards(B) the lives of his faithful ones(C)
    and delivers(D) them from the hand of the wicked.(E)

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18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

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18 When I said, “My foot is slipping,(A)
    your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.

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28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

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28 For the Lord loves the just
    and will not forsake his faithful ones.(A)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed[a];
    the offspring of the wicked will perish.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:28 See Septuagint; Hebrew They will be protected forever

24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

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24 You will know that your tent is secure;(A)
    you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.(B)

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Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

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So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:(A) ‘Not(B) by might nor by power,(C) but by my Spirit,’(D) says the Lord Almighty.

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15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

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15 That day will be a day of wrath—
    a day of distress and anguish,
        a day of trouble and ruin,
    a day of darkness(A) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness(B)

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17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

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17 All their days they eat in darkness,
    with great frustration, affliction and anger.

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