Psalms 37:24

Psalms 37:24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

He is like a little child who does not yet know how to stand alone, so his mother or nurse holds him up, or picks him up if he falls. God’s arms are under his children’s arms, as he says by the mouth of the prophet Hosea, "I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms." This is how he teaches us also to go, in wondrous condescension taking us by our arms.