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Psalms 16:8

I have placed the Lord always in front of me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Jesus, the Christ;   Joy;   Prophecy;   Quotations and Allusions;   Testimony;   Thompson Chain Reference - Divine;   Fellowship-Estrangement;   Immovable, Saints;   Nearness to God;   Nearness, Divine;   Saints;   Security;   Security-Insecurity;   The Topic Concordance - Closeness;   God;   Guidance;   Happiness/joy;   Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Communion with God;   Hands, the;   Joy;   Prophets;   Providence of God, the;   Steadfastness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jesus christ;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Descent into Hell (Hades);   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hades;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hand;   Law;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Hope;   Life;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Psalms (2);   Quotations;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hand;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Psalms the book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Hand;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Accommodation;   Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Hand;   Joy;   Psalms, Book of;   Quotations, New Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shekinah;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 20;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for December 2;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I always let the Lord guide me.Because he is at my right hand,I will not be shaken.
Hebrew Names Version
I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
King James Version
I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
English Standard Version
I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
New Century Version
I keep the Lord before me always. Because he is close by my side, I will not be hurt.
New English Translation
I constantly trust in the Lord ; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.
Amplified Bible
I have set the LORD continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
New American Standard Bible
I have set the LORD continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
World English Bible
I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue set the Lord alwayes before me: for hee is at my right hand: therefore I shall not slide.
Legacy Standard Bible
I have set Yahweh continually before me;Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Berean Standard Bible
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Contemporary English Version
I will always look to you, as you stand beside me and protect me from fear.
Complete Jewish Bible
I always set Adonai before me; with him at my right hand, I can never be moved;
Darby Translation
I have set Jehovah continually before me; because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Easy-to-Read Version
I always remember that the Lord is with me. He is here, close by my side, so nothing can defeat me.
George Lamsa Translation
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Good News Translation
I am always aware of the Lord 's presence; he is near, and nothing can shake me.
Lexham English Bible
I have set Yahweh before me always. Because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken.
Literal Translation
I have set Jehovah always before me; for He is at my right hand: I shall not be shaken.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil thanke the LORDE for geuynge me warnynge: my reynes also haue chastened me in the night season.
American Standard Version
I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Bible in Basic English
I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I have set the LORD always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
King James Version (1611)
I haue set the Lord alwaies before me: because hee is at my right hand, I shall not be moued.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue set God alwayes before me: for he is on my ryght hande, [therfore] I shall not be remoued.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
English Revised Version
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I purueide euere the Lord in my siyt; for he is on the riythalf to me, that Y be not moued.
Update Bible Version
I have set Yahweh always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Webster's Bible Translation
I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
New King James Version
I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
New Living Translation
I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
New Revised Standard
I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I have set Yahweh before me continually, because he is on my right hand, I shall not be shaken!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(15-8) I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
Revised Standard Version
I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Young's Literal Translation
I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Contextual Overview

8 I have placed the Lord always in front of me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be moved. 9 And so my heart is glad. My soul is full of joy. My body also will rest without fear. 10 For You will not give me over to the grave. And You will not allow Your Holy One to return to dust. 11 You will show me the way of life. Being with You is to be full of joy. In Your right hand there is happiness forever.

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

Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man. He said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 4:10
The Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground.
Genesis 16:1
Now Abram's wife Sarai had not given birth to any children. She had a woman servant from Egypt whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "Now see, the Lord has kept me from having children. Go in to the woman who serves me. It may be that I will get children through her." Abram listened to what Sarai said.
Genesis 16:4
He went in to Hagar, and she was going to have a child. And when she saw that she was going to have a child, she began to hate Sarai.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be upon you. I gave the woman who served me into your arms. But when she saw that she was going to have a child, she began to hate me. May the Lord judge who is guilty or not between you and me."
Genesis 16:8
He said, "Hagar, you who serve Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" And she said, "I am running away from Sarai, the one I serve."
1 Samuel 26:19
Now I beg you, let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has made you come against me, let Him receive a gift. But if men have done this, may bad come to them before the Lord. For they have driven me out this day, that I should have no share of what the Lord has given. They say, ‘Go, worship other gods.'
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler becomes angry with you, do not back away. If you are quiet, much wrong-doing may be put aside.

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.


 
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