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Psalms 66:9

Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

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הַשָּׂ֣םhasamthe putשׂוּםdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the put”, a verb used as a describing wordH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…נַ֭פְשֵׁנוּnafshenvcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…בַּֽחַיִּ֑יםbachayimin lifeחַיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וְלֹֽאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נָתַ֖ןnatangiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לַמּ֣וֹטlamotto yokeמוֹטpreposition, with the article, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to yoke”, the to-form of the verbH4132a wavering, i.e. fall; by implication, a pole (as shaking); hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole)bar, be moved, staff, yoke.רַגְלֵֽנוּraglenvfootרֶגֶלnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “foot”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Who hath set our soul in life, and suffered not our foot to be moved,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Who holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Young’s Literal Translation

Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.

World English Bible

who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.

Darby Translation

Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Who hath set our soul in life, and suffered not our foot to be moved,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer my feet to be moved.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τοῦ θεμένου τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ζωὴν, καὶ μὴ δόντος εἰς σάλον τοὺς πόδας μου.