Psalms 16:8
I haue set the Lord alwayes before me: for hee is at my right hand: therefore I shall not slide.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 wil prayse the Lord, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also teach me in the nightes.
9Wherefore mine heart is glad and my tongue reioyceth: my flesh also doeth rest in hope.
Cross References
Psalms 15:5He that giueth not his money vnto vsurie, nor taketh reward against the innocent: hee that doeth these things, shall neuer be moued.
Psalms 62:3How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? ye shalbe all slaine: ye shalbe as a bowed wall, or as a wall shaken.
Psalms 62:7In God is my saluation and my glory, the rocke of my strength: in God is my trust.
Psalms 73:26My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.
Psalms 110:5The Lord, that is at thy right hand, shall wound Kings in the day of his wrath.
Psalms 139:18If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, 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 →