Psalms 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
7I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel; yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me.
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also dwelleth in safety;
Cross References
Psalms 15:5He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Psalms 62:3(62-4) How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may slay him, all of you, as a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
Psalms 62:7(62-8) Upon God resteth my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
Psalms 110:5The Lord at thy right hand doth crush kings in the day of His wrath.
Psalms 139:18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.
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 →