the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Psalms 16:8
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I always let the Lord guide me.Because he is at my right hand,I will not be shaken.
I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
I keep the Lord before me always. Because he is close by my side, I will not be hurt.
I constantly trust in the Lord ; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.
I have set the LORD continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
I have set the LORD continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I haue set the Lord alwayes before me: for hee is at my right hand: therefore I shall not slide.
I have set Yahweh continually before me;Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
I always set Adonai before me; with him at my right hand, I can never be moved;
I have set Jehovah continually before me; because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I always remember that the Lord is with me. He is here, close by my side, so nothing can defeat me.
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I am always aware of the Lord 's presence; he is near, and nothing can shake me.
I have set Yahweh before me always. Because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken.
I have set Jehovah always before me; for He is at my right hand: I shall not be shaken.
I wil thanke the LORDE for geuynge me warnynge: my reynes also haue chastened me in the night season.
I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
I have set the LORD always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I haue set the Lord alwaies before me: because hee is at my right hand, I shall not be moued.
I haue set God alwayes before me: for he is on my ryght hande, [therfore] I shall not be remoued.
I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I purueide euere the Lord in my siyt; for he is on the riythalf to me, that Y be not moued.
I have set Yahweh always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
I have placed the Lord always in front of me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I have set Yahweh before me continually, because he is on my right hand, I shall not be shaken!
(15-8) I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.
I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I have: Psalms 139:18, Acts 2:25-28, Hebrews 11:27
he is: Psalms 73:23, Psalms 73:26, Psalms 109:31, Psalms 110:5, Psalms 121:5
I shall: Psalms 15:5, Psalms 62:6
Reciprocal: Genesis 5:22 - General Genesis 13:18 - altar Genesis 24:40 - before Genesis 48:15 - did walk Psalms 4:8 - I will Psalms 21:7 - he shall Psalms 30:6 - I shall Psalms 36:11 - hand Psalms 54:3 - they have Psalms 55:22 - suffer Proverbs 10:30 - never Proverbs 28:14 - Happy Isaiah 38:3 - I have Acts 26:23 - the first
Cross-References
The Lord called out to the man and asked, "Where are you?"
Then the Lord said: Why have you done this terrible thing? You killed your own brother, and his blood flowed onto the ground. Now his blood is calling out for me to punish you.
Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,
and Sarai said to Abram, "The Lord has not given me any children. Sleep with my slave, and if she has a child, it will be mine." Abram agreed,
Later, when Hagar knew she was going to have a baby, she became proud and was hateful to Sarai.
Then Sarai said to Abram, "It's all your fault! I gave you my slave woman, but she has been hateful to me ever since she found out she was pregnant. You have done me wrong, and you will have to answer to the Lord for this."
and asked, "Hagar, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She answered, "I'm running away from Sarai, my owner."
Please listen to what I have to say. If the Lord has turned you against me, maybe a sacrifice will make him change his mind. But if some people have turned you against me, I hope the Lord will punish them! They have forced me to leave the land that belongs to the Lord and have told me to worship foreign gods.
Don't give up your job when your boss gets angry. If you stay calm, you'll be forgiven.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I have set the Lord always before me, Not his fear only, or the book of the law, as Jarchi interprets it, but the Lord himself; or, "I foresaw the Lord always before my face", Acts 2:26; as Christ is set before men in the Gospel, to look unto as the object of faith and hope, to trust in and depend upon for life and salvation; so Jehovah the Father is the object which Christ set before him, and looked unto in the whole course of his life here on earth; he had always an eye to his glory, as the ultimate end of all his actions; and to his will, his orders, and commands, as the rule of them; and to his purposes, and counsel, and covenant, to accomplish them; and to his power, truth, and faithfulness, to assist, support, and encourage him in all his difficulties and most distressed circumstances;
because [he is] at my right hand: to counsel and instruct, to help, protect, and defend: the phrase is expressive of the nearness of God to Christ, his presence with him, and readiness to assist and stand by him against all his enemies; see Psalms 109:31; so the Targum paraphrases it, "because his Shechinah rests upon me";
I shall not be moved: as he was not from his place and nation, from the duty of his office, and the execution of it, by all the threats and menaces of men; nor from the fear, worship, and service of God, by all the temptations of Satan; nor from the cause of his people he had espoused, by all the terrors of death, the flaming sword of justice, and the wrath of God; but, in the midst and view of all, stood unshaken and unmoved; see Isaiah 42:4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I have set the Lord always before me - By night as well as by day; in my private meditations as well as in my public professions. I have regarded myself always as in the presence of God; I have endeavored always to feel that, his eye was upon me. This, too, is one of the certain characteristics of piety, that we always feel that we are in the presence of God, and that we always act as if his eye were upon us. Compare the notes at Acts 2:25.
Because he is at my right hand - The right hand was regarded as the post of honor and dignity, but it is also mentioned as a position of defense or protection. To have one at our right hand is to have one near us who can defend us. Thus, in Psalms 109:31, “He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him,” etc. So Psalms 110:5, “The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.” Psalms 121:5, “the Lord is thy Keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.” The idea is, that as we use the right hand in our “own” defense, we seem to have an additional and a needed helper when one is at our right hand. The sense here is, that the psalmist felt that God, as his Protector, was always near him; always ready to interpose for his defense. We have a somewhat similar expression when we say of anyone that he is “at hand;” that is, he is near us.
I shall not be moved - I shall be safe; I shall not be disturbed by fear; I shall be protected from my enemies. See Psalms 10:6; Psalms 15:5. Compare Psalms 46:5. The language here is that of one who has confidence in God in time of great calamities, and who feels that he is safe under the divine favor and protection.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 16:8. I have set the Lord always before me — This verse, and all to the end of Psalms 16:11, are applied by St. Peter to the death and resurrection of Christ. Acts 2:25, c.
In all that our Lord did, said, or suffered, he kept the glory of the Father and the accomplishment of his purpose constantly in view. He tells us that he did not come down from heaven to do his own will, but the will of the Father who had sent him. See John 17:4.
He is at my right hand — That is, I have his constant presence, approbation, and support. All this is spoken by Christ as man.
I shall not be moved. — Nothing can swerve me from my purpose nothing can prevent me from fulfilling the Divine counsel, in reference to the salvation of men.
