KJV King James Version
I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
WEB World English Bible
I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
ASV American Standard Version
I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because—at my right hand I am not moved.
Surrounding context — Psalm 16
5 The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
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Cross-references
Psalm 62:6He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved.Acts 2:25-28For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:Psalm 121:5The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy right hand.Psalm 73:23Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.Psalm 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.Psalm 110:5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.Psalm 109:31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that condemn his soul.Hebrews 11:27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.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.Psalm 139:18[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
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