Psalms 16:8
I have always set the Lord before me, that, being at my right hand, I might not be moved.
Leeser Tanakh
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: also in the night seasons my reins admonish me.
9Therefore is rejoiced my heart, and my spirit is glad: also my flesh shall rest in safety.
Cross References
Psalms 15:5That putteth not out his money for interest, and taketh no bribe against the innocent. He that doth these things shall not be moved to eternity.
Psalms 62:3(62:4) How long will ye devise mischief against a man? will ye all assault him murderously, as though he were a falling wall, a tottering fence?
Psalms 62:7(62:8) With God are my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength [and] my protection are in God.
Psalms 73:26Though my flesh and my heart should fall; yet the rock of my heart, and my portion will be God for ever.
Psalms 110:5The Lord at thy right hand crusheth kings on the day of his wrath.
Psalms 139:18Should I count them, they would be more numerous than the sand: I awake, and I am still 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 →