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The Presence of the LORD

Psalms 16:8

In 11 translations

BSB
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.LXX I foresaw
KJV
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
WEB
I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
ASV
I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
LSV
I placed YHWH before me continually, || Because [He is] at my right hand I am not moved.
YLT
I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because — at my right hand I am not moved.
DBY
I have set Jehovah continually before me; because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
DRC15:8
I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
GNV
I haue set the Lord alwayes before me: for hee is at my right hand: therefore I shall not slide.
JPS
I have set the LORD always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
LXXE15:8
I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

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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
שִׁוִּ֬יתִי יְהוָ֣ה לְנֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִ֑יד כִּ֥י מִֽ֝ימִינִ֗י בַּל־אֶמּֽוֹט׃
LXX-Br15:8
Προωρώμην τὸν Κύριον ἐνώπιόν μου διαπαντὸς, ὅτι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἐστὶν ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῶ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
  • Acts 2:25–28David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope, because You will not…
  • Psalms 73:23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
  • Psalms 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
  • Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
  • Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
  • Hebrews 11:27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
  • Psalms 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
  • Psalms 139:18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 15:8 in some Bibles
  • 16:8 in most Bibles

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