Psalms 73:23
Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
BSB
ASV
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
KJV
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
The walk8
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Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
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No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
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Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
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Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
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He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
For this reason David says, as if visited by him," "You have held my right hand, and in your will you have conducted me and have taken me up with glory." This is the text we have received, and it is in accord with the Greek, for the Greek said, ekratēsas tēs cheiros, that is, "you have held the hand," tēs dexias mou, "my right hand." A person receives good guidance when God takes hold of his right hand with his own hand. Such a one can say, "The Lord is at my right hand, that I be not moved."
Nevertheless I am continually with thee. He does not give up his faith, though he confesses his folly. Sin may distress us, and yet we may be in communion with God. It is sin beloved and delighted in which separates us from the Lord, but when we bewail it heartily, the Lord will not withdraw from us. What a contrast is here in this and the former verse! He is as a beast, and yet continually with God.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.