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They will lift you
"Yahweh's angels will lift you"
you will not hit your foot on a stone
The angels will protect not only the reader's foot but the rest of his body as well. The words "not ... hit your foot on a stone" is an exaggerated metonym to say that not even small bad things will happen. This should probably not be taken as a promise that no bad things will ever happen again. AT: "you will not even hit your foot on a stone" or "not even the smallest bad thing will happen to you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
You will crush lions and adders under your feet; you will trample on young lions and serpents
Where "hit your foot on a stone" is a minor problem, lions and snake are examples of great dangers. The psalmist speaks of lions and snakes as if they were small enough to be crushed under a person's foot. AT: "You will be able kill lions and adders as if they were small animals you could crush under your feet" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
adders
types of poisonous snake.
trample
crush by walking heavily on