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Psalms 16:8
8I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Psalms 16:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
Context of Psalms 16:8
6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. 7I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, 10because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
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שִׁוִּ֬יתִי יְהוָ֣ה לְנֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִ֑יד כִּ֥י מִֽ֝ימִינִ֗י בַּל־אֶמּֽוֹט׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 16:8
- Psalms 139:18Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.
- Acts 2:25David said about him: “ ‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Hebrews 11:27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
- Psalms 73:23Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.
- Psalms 109:31For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save their lives from those who would condemn them.
- Psalms 110:5The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
- Psalms 121:5The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
- Psalms 15:5who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.
- Psalms 62:6Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
Commentaries on Psalms 16:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I have set the Lord always before me - This verse, and all to the end of Psalm 16:11, are applied by St. Peter to the death and resurreetion of Christ. Acts 2:25, etc. 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8God's guidance gives life (Psalm 16:11; see 5:8; 23:1–3; 32:8; 73:24). The psalmist relies on the Lord for strength and joy, feeling God's presence beside him (Psalm 16:11; see 73:23; 109:31; 110:1, 5; 121:5). Peter quoted Psalm 16:8–11 in his sermon on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:25–28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. With God's presence and aid he is sure of safety (Psa 10:6; 15:5; Joh 12:27, 28; He 5:7, 8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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