Psalms 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
KJV
A resistentibus dexteræ tuæ custodi me ut pupillam oculi. Sub umbra alarum tuarum protege me
Vulgate
φύλαξόν με ὡς κόραν ὀφθαλμοῦ. ἐν σκέπῃ τῶν πτερύγων σου σκεπάσεις με
LXX
I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
ASV
שִׁוִּ֬יתִי יְהוָ֣ה לְ/נֶגְדִּ֣/י תָמִ֑יד כִּ֥י מִֽ֝/ימִינִ֗/י בַּל אֶמּֽוֹט
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בַּל
bl
particle · 72×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִמּֽוֹט
ymvt
verb · 39×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
שֹׁוֶ֖ה
shvh
verb · 21×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Acts 2:25 · allusion"For 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 16: I saw the Lord always before me — Peter at Pentecost
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. David expresses his confidence in God as his portion and inheritance. The words "thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption" are directly applied by Peter to the resurrection of Christ. David spoke as a prophet, knowing that God had sworn to raise up Christ to sit on his thron…
Cross-references
- Acts 2:25 — For 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:
- Acts 2:25 — For 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:
- Gen 13:18 — Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
- Gen 24:40 — And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
- Heb 11:27 — By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
- Prov 10:30 — The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
- Prov 28:14 — Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
- Ps 4:8 — I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 21:7 — For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
- Ps 30:6 — And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
- Ps 36:11 — Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
- Ps 54:3 — For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
- Ps 55:22 — Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
- Ps 62:6 — He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
- Ps 62:6 — He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
- Ps 73:23 — Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
- Ps 73:23 — Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
- Ps 73:26 — My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
- Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
- Ps 110:5 — The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
- Ps 110:5 — The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
- Ps 121:5 — The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
- Ps 121:5 — The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
- Ps 139:18 — If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
- Ps 139:18 — If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.