KJV King James Version
Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
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Psalm 73:23
Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
WEB World English Bible
Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
ASV American Standard Version
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I am continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.
Surrounding context — Psalm 73
20 As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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Isaiah 41:13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.Psalm 63:8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.Matthew 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.Hebrews 13:5[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.Psalm 16:8I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.Psalm 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Matthew 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.Isaiah 41:10Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.Psalm 37:24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.Isaiah 42:1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.Psalm 139:1-12To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].Psalm 37:17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.Psalm 139:18[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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