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The LORD Is on My Side

Psalms 118:6

In 11 translations

BSB
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?Or The LORD is with me; also in verse 7; LXX The Lord is my helperCited in Hebrews 13:6
KJV
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?on…: Heb. for me
WEB
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
ASV
Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me?
LSV
YHWH [is] for me, || I do not fear what man does to me.
YLT
Jehovah [is] for me, I do not fear what man doth to me.
DBY
Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do unto me?
DRC117:6
The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man can do unto me.
GNV
The Lord is with mee: therefore I will not feare what man can doe vnto me.
JPS
The LORD is for me; I will not fear; what can man do unto me?
LXXE117:6
The Lord is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יְהוָ֣ה לִ֭י לֹ֣א אִירָ֑א מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה לִ֣י אָדָֽם׃
LXX-Br117:6
Κύριος ἐμοὶ βοηθὸς, καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσομαι τί ποιησει μοι ἄνθρωπος.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hebrews 13:6So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
  • Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Psalms 56:4In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  • Psalms 56:11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  • Micah 7:8–10Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case…
  • Psalms 27:1–3The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread? When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell. Though an…
  • Psalms 56:9Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
  • Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
  • Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will…
  • Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
  • Psalms 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
  • Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  • Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

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