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Psalms 16:8
8I have set Adonai always before me. Since He is 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.
- New International Version (NIV)I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 16:8
6My boundary lines fall in pleasant places —surely my heritage is beautiful. 7I will bless Adonai, who counsels me. Even at night my heart instructs me. I have set Adonai always before me. Since He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9So my heart is glad and my soul rejoices. My body also rests secure. 10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol nor let Your faithful one see the Pit.
Read all of Psalms 16Psalms 16:8 word by word
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 2:25For David says about Him, ‘I saw Adonai always before me, for He is at my right hand so that I might not be shaken.
- Hebrews 11:27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger—for he persevered as if seeing the One who is invisible.
- Psalms 73:23Yet I am continually with You. You hold my right hand.
- Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn his soul.
- Psalms 110:5My Lord is at your right hand. He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.
- Psalms 121:5Adonai is your Keeper. Adonai is your shadow at your right hand.
- Psalms 15:5who lends his money without usury, and takes no bribe against the innocent. One who does these things will never be shaken.
- Psalms 62:6My soul, wait in stillness, only for God— for from Him comes my expectation.
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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