Psalms 16:8 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 16:8

I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

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ASV

I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

KJV

I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Homily 61, on Psalm 15 (420)

I foresaw the Lord in my sight always: for he is at my right hand, that I may not be moved. In place of what we read in Latin, "I foresaw," and what in Greek is written "proōrōmēn," it stands better in the Hebrew SEBETHI, which we may render "I set before myself." So that it means: I set the Lord before me always at my right hand, and I could be overthrown by no fraud of my enemies. And at the same time consider that it is in our power to set the Lord before our eyes.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Hitherto David seems to have spoken with respect to himself, but now he is transported by the spirit of prophecy, and carried above himself, to speak as a type of Christ, in whom this and the following verses were truly accomplished. Christ as man did always set his father's will and glory before him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

The fear of death at one time cast its dark shadow over the soul of the Redeemer, and we read that, "he was heard in that he feared." There appeared unto him an angel, strengthening him; perhaps the heavenly messenger reassured him of his glorious resurrection as his people's surety, and of the eternal joy into which he should admit the flock redeemed by blood. Then hope shone full upon our Lord's soul, and, as recorded in these verses, he surveyed the future with holy confidence because he had a continued eye to Jehovah, and enjoyed his perpetual presence.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שִׁוִּ֬יתִי	shi.Vi.ti	I have placed	H7737 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לְנֶגְדִּ֣י	le.neg.Di	to before me	H5048 →
תָמִ֑יד	ta.Mid	continually	H8548 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
מִֽ֝ימִינִ֗י	mi.mi.Ni	[he is] from right [hand] my	H3225 →
בַּל־	bal-	not	H1077 →
אֶמּֽוֹט׃	'e.Mot	I will be shaken	H4131 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
  But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
- Isaiah 40:29–31
  He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- Psalms 138:3
  On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
- Psalms 18:2
  The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8–10
  We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
Through
Psalms 73:23
Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
leads to
- Isaiah 41:13
  For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
Through
Psalms 121:5
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
leads to
- Isaiah 25:4
  For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like…
- Psalms 91:1
  He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

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Six psalms previewing the life of Christ — from begotten Son (Ps 2) to crucified silence (Ps 22) to the Priest-King at God's right hand (Ps 110). Tri-fold taxonomy: Fulfilled in First Coming · Awaiting Second · Progressively Fulfilled.

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms