Psalms 16:8
From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
In Context
7Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you.
9from the face of the impious who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul.
Cross References
Psalms 15:5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. It is you who will restore my inheritance to me.
Psalms 62:3By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, in order to behold your virtue and your glory.
Psalms 62:7When I have remembered you on my bed in the morning, I will meditate on you.
Psalms 110:5He has given food to those who fear him. He will be mindful of his covenant in every age.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 16:2-8
Believing Confidence; Consecration to God. 1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord , Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my… Read the whole commentary →