KJV King James Version
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
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Psalm 63:8
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
WEB World English Bible
My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
ASV American Standard Version
My soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.
Surrounding context — Psalm 63
5 My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips:
6 When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches.
7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But those [that] seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
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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 18:35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.Psalm 73:23Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.Song of Solomon 2:6His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.Psalm 37:24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.Psalm 94:18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.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 73:25Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.Psalm 41:12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.Genesis 32:26-28And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.Philippians 2:12-13Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.Colossians 1:29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.2 Chronicles 31:21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did [it] with all his heart, and prospered.Luke 18:5-7Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.Luke 13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.Song of Solomon 3:2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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