slippeth As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head {slippeth} from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: s lippeth For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot {slippeth}, they magnify [themselves] against me. slippeth When I said, My foot {slippeth}; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.