KJV King James Version
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
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Psalm 30:6
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
WEB World English Bible
As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”
ASV American Standard Version
As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I—I have said in mine ease, ‘I am not moved—to the age.
Surrounding context — Psalm 30
3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
5 For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
9 What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
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2 Corinthians 12:7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.Psalm 119:117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.Daniel 4:30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?Psalm 16:8I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.Isaiah 47:7And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.Psalm 10:6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.Isaiah 56:12Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.Job 29:18-20Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.Psalm 15:5[He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.
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